Several days later, at the gates of Sunspear.
Prince Qoren and Governor Corio personally escorted Talvey and his party outside the gates.
Unlike when they first arrived, this time when leaving Sunspear, Talvey left with his entire household in tow.
The luggage and possessions of Elia, Arianne, and Yara filled up a full seven large carriages.
Talvey touched his chin and mused, “If I can’t make a living one day, becoming a kept man wouldn’t be bad either!”
In addition, there were the first batch of Dornish commoners heading to Bloodstone for work, numbering over four thousand men, women, and children in total.
Talvey generously stated that these people could bring their families along and provided them with three free meals a day and lodging.
However, aside from the more than two thousand and four hundred able-bodied laborers, Talvey would not pay them wages.
Prince Qoren naturally had no objections and readily agreed.
“Prince Qoren, besides these people, Bloodstone currently still needs eight thousand able-bodied laborers. I hope the Prince can organize manpower and send them to Bloodstone as soon as possible.” Before leaving, Talvey reminded Prince Qoren once more.
“Rest assured, Lord Talvey, I have already sent ravens to all the lords. I believe soon you will be troubled by having too many hands.” At this moment, Prince Qoren was actually even more anxious than Talvey.
These people were all glittering golden dragons, and a continuous stream of golden dragons at that, so the sooner they were sent to Bloodstone, the better.
However, scheduling such a large workforce could not be completed overnight.
Talvey nodded slightly to acknowledge this and bid farewell to the two of them respectively.
“Goodbye, Lord Talvey. When you have time, you must come to visit Tyrosh as a guest. I will definitely welcome your arrival with the most grand ceremony.” Governor Corio sincerely issued an invitation at this time.
“I certainly will, Governor Corio!”
“Goodbye, Prince Qoren, Governor Corio.”
After bidding farewell one by one, Talvey led the mighty procession toward Lath Town west of Sunspear.
When Talvey arrived at Bloodstone with his massive fleet, a huge piece of flat ground had already been cleared in the southern region.
After disembarking, he instructed Azel to properly settle these commoners first, and then called Richard over to ask about the condition of the prisoners of war and the recent situation on Bloodstone. Get faster updates on g.com.
When Richard spoke of the prisoners’ work progress, his gaze toward Talvey became even more reverent.
Compared to before, the prisoners’ recent work progress had more than doubled, and the price paid was merely improving their food.
Talvey did not explain the reason behind this to Richard, because it was too complicated, and he would gradually understand in the future.
Afterwards, he settled his three lovers into his own residence, which was merely a simple wooden villa located on a beach on the western side of Bloodstone.
Next, he could begin working on the construction of a large town, docks, and breakwaters.
The future ship throughput of Bloodstone was bound to be massive, so to avoid secondary expansion later, the scale of the buildings Talvey planned was enormous.
This required a huge amount of manpower, so in addition to the hands hired from Dorne, Talvey also took in quite a few refugees from the Stormlands, all of whom were landless commoners.
Talvey began to busy himself without stopping.
With manpower available, various construction plans were arranged by Talvey and assigned with clear divisions of labor: Sir Richard was responsible for managing the prisoners on the island, as well as the mining and refining of all iron ore.
Sir Azel was responsible for the construction work on the island.
Although Azel was still young and had previously served as Talvey’s bodyguard, his mind was much more flexible than Richard’s, which was why Talvey entrusted him with heavy responsibilities.
Sir Rickon Redfield was responsible for the combined fleet, clearing out all surrounding pirates, maintaining waterway safety, and temporarily taking charge of transit taxes.
Of course, he was only the person in charge; the specific work underneath was done by a large number of tax officials.
When all the work was properly arranged, more than a month had already passed.
On this day, Talvey, who was rarely at leisure, accompanied his three lovers for a vacation on the beach.
The three beauties, each with their own unique charm, were at that moment wearing bikinis specially made by tailors at Talvey’s request, lying on beach chairs and comfortably enjoying the sea breeze.
Yara was lying in Talvey’s arms at the moment, feeding him fresh fruits from all over the world, and said in a lazy and charming tone, “My lord, these inventions are truly magical, especially the bikini I am wearing. They will definitely sell well in all coastal cities.”
“You want to sell them to those coastal cities?” Talvey understood Yara’s idea, and naturally he wouldn’t stop her.
Giving them something to do wasn’t a bad thing either. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Yara immediately delivered a sweet kiss: “Then do you agree or not? My dear lord?”
“That depends on how well you perform tonight,” Talvey teased.
Hearing this, Yara’s pretty eyes turned sultry, and her voice became soft and seductive, “Why wait until night Isn’t right now the perfect time ”
As she spoke, she placed the fruit plate on a nearby table, slowly lowered her head, and moved all the way down along Talvey’s firm chest and well-defined eight-pack abs…
“Hmph, you only know how to steal a bite every day, you greedy little hussy.” Elia walked over indignantly and slapped Yara’s plump buttocks hard.
Arianne also walked over with a graceful and curvaceous figure, her soft waist swaying gently with her steps, walking in such a charming manner.
Ignoring Yara and Elia, she gently massaged Talvey’s shoulders and whispered into his ear, “Then my lord cannot show favoritism. There are also Elia and me; we also want to contribute to my lord’s commercial empire. Just in case my lord gets tired of us in the future, having a business of our own means we at least won’t starve to death.”
Talvey considered himself not the kind of man to discard them ruthlessly, but he didn’t explain, as they would naturally understand in time.
Coincidentally, he had recently been thinking about developing characteristic industries for his domain, which the three of them could take charge of.
As for the issue of betrayal, that was even less of something to consider; the names of the three were clearly listed on the system interface, showing that the three of them had long since fallen deeply in love with Talvey.
Talvey comfortably enjoyed the beauties’ service and said with a smile, “Rest assured, I’ve also been thinking about the future development of Bloodstone recently. None of you three will escape; you’ll all obediently work for me for the rest of your lives. As for what to run, I’ll tell you after I’ve thought it through. No rush for now, the docks and town haven’t finished construction yet.”
“Mwah ~” Elia pounced over at this moment to offer a sweet kiss, “I’m willing to work for my lord for a lifetime, as long as my lord doesn’t find me old by then.”
“Mhm Lo ve mhm Wel mhm to ~” Because Yara was eating something, her speech was muddled and unclear.
Right at this moment, a maid hurriedly came to Talvey’s side.
Seeing the scene before her, the maid blushed deeply and lowered her head as she said, “Lord Talvey, Sir Azel says he has something to report to you.”
Only then did Yara steady herself against Talvey’s thigh, rise gracefully, and pick up a silk handkerchief to elegantly wipe her mouth.
“It seems today’s vacation is ruined again. You three go play, I’ll go see what’s going on with Azel,” Talvey said helplessly.
Arianne, the gentle elder sister figure, draped an outer garment over Talvey and said with a smile, “Go ahead and be busy, my dear lord. As long as you can accompany us tonight, we will be content, hehehe…”
The other two also smiled and nodded in agreement.
“Then, see you tonight, three beautiful ladies.”
Talvey apologetically waved goodbye to Elia, Arianne, and Yara.