Chapter 934 Zhu Erniang's Settlement Agreement
There are mountains and lakes on it, with green trees and shady landscapes. The main landforms are porous caves, and flat land is rare. Although the scenery is beautiful, it is not very suitable for human production and labor.
Zhu Erniang focused on inspecting several rift valleys. In the eyes of humans, it is a rugged and barren land with nothing but hard rocks and sea breezes. Ordinary people will fall to their death if they are not careful. But Zhu Erniang gave a "very good" evaluation.
These underground holes are interconnected, dark and humid, but more ventilated than the magic nest, which is very suitable for the reproduction of fungal blankets and aphid cattle.
There is fresh water on the island, as well as clay needed by cave spiders.
The more complex and changeable the terrain is, the larger the range of activities of cave spiders. Humans only see Pansi Island as a plane, but for spiders who are naturally good at climbing, this is a three-dimensional kingdom with several layers up and down!
This place is much larger than Zhu Erniang's territory in the magic nest swamp, and better than the eastern canyon of Mouguo, and the entire island is exclusively for them.
They quickly selected a valley at the southern end of the island, which was covered by dense jungle. If you didn't walk in, you wouldn't find the deep pit here. There is a freshwater stream to the north, and a whirlpool with a depth of about two meters to the south. The sea water becomes calm when it enters here, and it is easy to gather fish nests, which is suitable for the burrow spider to fish.
The spider sisters quickly inspected the area, wandering back and forth in various cracks and holes, and finally said in unison:
"This is it."
Aunt Zhu is a straightforward person, and she said to Zhu Er Niang happily: "Sister, we have a home."
This place looks suitable for long-term living, and it will be difficult for anyone to drive them away in the future.
Zhu Er Niang pointed to the largest crack in the ground: "Go in!"
The spider sloughs lined up to go in. Going in is a huge water-eroded cave, which can easily accommodate even the largest fairy sloughs.
"This place is really good." Zhu Er Niang was not stingy in expressing her satisfaction, "What else do you want?"
It can communicate with Aunt Zhu in real time, and has heard about the situation of the Yangshan Islands from her sister. Of course, this kid wouldn't insist on giving it an island for no reason. The two sides have already agreed on some conditions.
Finally, we get to the point. He knew that there was no need to beat around the bush with a pragmatic monster like Zhu Erniang.
He Lingchuan said solemnly: "In addition to the exclusive agency of spider monster products that we agreed in advance, there is another urgent matter right now. I need Erniang's help."
"Well, you say." Zhu Erniang is now a tenant, so of course she has to be polite to him as a landlord.
So He Lingchuan briefly explained the shortage of manpower during the palm harvest season, and then said: "This autumn's harvest is crucial, please help me, Erniang!"
"Okay." Zhu Erniang agreed very readily: "Like other agreements, payment will be made in black crystals."
It's useless for the monster living in the wilderness to ask for silver. It has already agreed with He Lingchuan in advance that he will be the agent of the output of the spider nest, but in the end, it will be settled with black crystals.
In the past, it traded with humans in the Demon Nest Swamp by bartering; but here, it only wants black crystals.
He Lingchuan was overjoyed: "As expected of the second mother, so straightforward!"
This is equivalent to the burrow spiders being employed by him.
Others found it strange. How could this big spider solve the problem of manpower shortage?
But just as this thought came to mind, everyone heard a rustling sound from the cracks in the ground, like leaves blown by the wind.
But where did the leaves come from in the cave?
Then, dense burrow spiders emerged from the cracks in the ground.
The largest one was like a galloping horse, and the smallest one was less than the size of a human palm.
The scene was like a fountain overflowing, and even the color of the ground itself was covered by the black and white spiders.
A fountain composed of spiders!
Faced with such a scene, except Dong Rui and He Lingchuan, everyone else couldn't help but take two steps back, feeling cold in their hearts.
So many burrow spiders!
It turned out that Master He recruited more than two, but a whole nest of thousands!
There was also a faint white mist coming out of the cracks in the ground, which became thicker and thicker as the wind blew.
He Lingchuan and Dong Rui knew at a glance that the mirage monster was also here!
It followed Zhu Erniang out of the Demon Nest Swamp, and ended up following here.
The two looked at each other, and said nothing.
The fewer people know about the secret of the mirage monster, the better.
These spiders were arrogant and walked around the crowd. Some cut branches and leaves, some spit spider silk, and some picked up the debris in the cracks and threw them away.
As soon as they landed, the cleaning work of the new nest began immediately. It can be said that the division of labor is clear and the cooperation is seamless, which is no worse than that of worker ants.
When everyone saw this, they understood in their hearts and probably guessed what they could do. Sure enough, He Lingchuan rubbed his hands and said, "Then the palm harvesting of the four islands including Longji Island will be left to Erniang."
These six islands were originally uninhabited areas covered by Yinsha, and the hired workers refused to go up no matter what.
Dong Rui shouted in his heart that he was shameless. They only developed a total of 14 islands, and this guy let the burrow spiders take charge of nearly 30%, especially the area of Longji Island was so large.
He Lingchuan understood his expression and rolled his eyes.
What's wrong with this? The exclusive agency agreement he signed with Zhu Erniang was actually a consignment agreement, which meant that he would pay the money, no, the black crystal, after he sold the products for Zhu Erniang.
This saved him from occupying the payment and accumulating inventory.
There was no other way, he was poor! He had to save money in every aspect and wanted to take advantage.
Zhu Erniang had no objection. It didn't need to consider inventory, let alone turnover.
As long as He Lingchuan paid the black crystal in the end, it would be fine. This kid's reputation was still pretty good, a little better than other humans.
The ability of cave spiders to climb and pick fruits in the mountains is much better than that of humans. If a large spider demon wants to pick fruits from a palm tree one or two meters high, it does not need to climb the tree. It can shoot a bunch of spider silk, stick to it, and shake it, and then it can pull down the ears full of ripe fruits.
However, cave spiders can only pick fruits, but cannot squeeze fruits.
Except for weaving, cave spiders cannot operate overly delicate jobs.
"Ask your men to prepare the boat."
He Lingchuan clapped his hands and laughed: "Thank you, Er Niang! Can we start work in the evening?" The picking work on the Yangshan Islands is already in full swing, and there is no time to delay.
This prehistoric monster has more than 10,000 spider sons and grandsons. Once it starts, it can greatly alleviate the shortage of manpower. The labor force it saves for He Lingchuan can be transferred to do other things.
Zhu Er Niang snorted. I just moved here, and the boy surnamed He is so impatient. It's really unreasonable.
But it was too lazy to complain, and went into the crack of the ground with its sister to set up its new home.
He Lingchuan turned around and said to everyone in high spirits: "Let's go back too!"
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Two days later, Min Tianxi, the former leader of the Second Pirates and now the captain of the Second Pirates, asked to see He Lingchuan and said he had good news.