Chapter 381: The Rise of Commoner Good

Sea travel is a very torturous thing.

Even today's steam transport ships take two months to reach the New World.

The road was shaky and the living space was very narrow, so many people got sick and died.

When Good and others stepped on the land, they felt that they were walking lightly.

Fortunately, the partner he met on the road was in good health and supported him, so he didn't make a fool of himself on the spot.

With the arrival of new immigrants, the colonial government has set up two tables at the port disembarkation area and started recruiting people.

The army, farms, factories, and mines all need people.

For the vast land, what is lacking is not the land for reclamation, but the population.

Good followed the crowd around and found that most of the trades required selling labor, which was inconsistent with his ideas.

Fortunately, his family gave him some funds, so he could do it according to his own ideas.

He left the port directly with the barbarian mixed-race youth he met on the road.

On the road, you can see that there are many people in Silver Port, and there are northern-style buildings everywhere.

The number of ships coming and going is relatively small, not as much as on the mainland.

There are some towering chimneys sporadically emitting exhaust gas.

Compared with the mainland, this place is less prosperous.

The new influx of immigrants has brought a lot of popularity, and it looks a bit like a big city.

Good had already thought about his business.

Before coming here, he had inquired that a new waterway was being built between Silver City and Gem Harbor.

Now it has been completed for the most part, waiting for immigrants to fill the towns along the route.

There are many opportunities in this kind of place.

Some people go to factories, some people go to farms, but the transportation industry cannot rely solely on the government.

The government can only take care of the transportation of some important materials.

But where there are people, there are needs. The first pursuit of people in life is survival. When survival can be guaranteed, there are more ideas.

With the start-up funds given by his family, Good bought a ten-foot boat and traveled back and forth between the towns between the routes, doing some reselling business and helping people transport some small items.

Relatively speaking, the prices in the new continent where materials are scarce are much higher.

Because of the abundance of gold and silver, the residents here have more floating wealth and are generous.

No one really noticed what Good was doing, so he benefited from it all at once.

In less than three months, he began to expand, then recruited people, bought black slaves, expanded the fleet, and became a realistic representative of the dream of getting rich in the New World.

There are many people like Good, even if they don't make a fortune, they can still make a living.

The people of the Northern Principality have a high status here, followed by people of the same race, and finally whites and blacks.

Although some black slaves have made it, they are a minority after all.

Most people choose to be workers and farmers and enjoy a good life.

Governor Jeffreys Jr. increased immigration efforts and successively issued a series of land bills and talent bills.

In addition to local assistance, the first railroad track runs from Silver City to the river.

On the day of the opening of the railway, he personally went to the scene to watch the ceremony and took the first train.

Since then, the connection between Silver City and Gem Harbor has been opened, and it can be reached within half a month by traveling by land.

With the help of railroads and river routes, the two places are connected, and the route is gradually expanded based on the route.

The importance of transportation is beyond the imagination of many people.

On the day of the opening of the railway, Good also mixed in the crowd to watch the ceremony.

Speaking of which, he also has seven or eight ships and thirty or fifty employees.

His fleet travels between various settlements along the way, specializing in transporting some small items.

However, some people have begun to imitate recently, and the competition will become more and more fierce.

Good dared to leave home alone to venture into the New World, of course he is a brave man.

It happened to take advantage of the wind and follow the trend of the times.

He saw the opening of the railway with his own eyes, and he was an old resident of Augusta Territory, so of course he understood the impact of transportation on the economy.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "I want to start a river transportation company."

Today's small boat transportation is ultimately a small fight.

The real big ships are all ironclad merchant ships, and transport ships with a displacement of hundreds of meters are the real big guys.

It just so happened that Good had saved a little money.

On the same day, he went to the colonial government to apply for a loan, using his own boat and business as collateral to borrow tens of thousands of gold coins.

Then he turned to the shipyard.

The Baiyin Port Shipyard has been established for five or six years. The original purpose was to repair some simple ship failures. Later, it received support from the mainland and was able to independently produce some small boats.

However, for inland rivers, a transport ship of the 100-degree level is enough.

Goode walked into the Baiyin Shipyard with a huge sum of money.

The director of the shipyard personally received him and provided a quotation.

"Mr. Goode, the strength of our shipyard is absolutely guaranteed. It is all assisted by the military shipyard. Many masters are regular masters, and the quality is absolutely no problem.

It's just that the price... is a little higher than that of the mainland."

The director smiled like a fox. The money in the New World is easy to make, so it is naturally not worth much.

A thousand-degree-level warship costs only 400,000 or 500,000 gold coins.

But here, a 100-degree merchant ship starts at 80,000 gold coins, which is absolutely black-hearted.

Good saw it and felt heartbroken.

Forget about bargaining. After trying it out for a few times, Good gave up. They have a monopoly on the business in the New World.

He could only argue: "I can accept the price, but I want to pay in installments.

I will pay a 20% deposit before the ship is delivered, and another 30% after the ship is delivered, and the rest will be paid one year later."

"Impossible, the ship and cargo are cleared, and the payment will be made according to the progress." The factory director said resolutely.

Good immediately appealed to the shipyard with emotion and reason, and even took the initiative to raise the quotation, and used the new ship as collateral, and then reluctantly let the shipyard agree.

Finally, a modified Baimi-class passenger ship with a construction period of half a year began to be built.

This is also the largest order placed by the people in the colony. The director of the shipyard turned around and took this order to ask for a reward.

If there were no political benefits, he would not agree to Good's request.

It can be said that this is a win-win situation, and it is also because of the vigorous development of the colony that people are eager to work.

This matter was also remembered by Governor Jeffreys Jr.

The colony cannot rely entirely on government investment, otherwise it will drag down the finances and not do much.

Businessmen like Good are also strongly encouraged.

He even took the initiative to provide some conveniences in the hope of promoting the development of the colony.

After all, the development of the civilian transportation industry is also an important supplement.

It was in this atmosphere that the colony was about to spend the eighth year of the principality and developed vigorously.