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"Captain, no, Uncle Rude, if there is no problem, let's sign the employment agreement of the martial arts group." Hao Qi said to the one-armed old captain in front of him.

It has been a week since Hao Qi went to the nobles of the aristocratic family to deter. In this week, Lan Ling'er took advantage of the interview to conduct a series of questions and answers to the captains and crew released from the prison and their families. There were more than 130 crew members, and 27 were eliminated from them. The remaining more than 100 crew members were basically fine. Of course, Lan Ling'er also said that before the ship was built and they were completely placed on the ship, it might be infiltrated by those nobles of the aristocratic family, but it was more or less. Therefore, when the ship was built, another review was needed, but now there was no problem with the more than 100 people.

The various rules of the martial arts group in this world have long been very detailed and complete. For example, the martial arts group can actually be divided into two parts, one is the core member. Although the core members are also divided into several parts, the core members can generally claim to be from a certain martial arts group, and the second is the peripheral members of the martial arts group, that is, the people hired by the martial arts group. The difference between the two is quite big. First of all, it is impossible for the core members to be able to get any salary from the martial arts group, because the martial arts group belongs to them.

At first, Lan Ling'er asked Hao Qi and Zhang Heng that the assets of the martial arts group refer to the assets jointly owned by the martial arts group members. The total income of the martial arts group through missions, adventures, hunting animals of various levels, or doing illegal things. To put it simply, the core members of the martial arts group are shareholders of the martial arts group, while the peripheral members of the martial arts group are employees of the martial arts group. No matter how much income the martial arts group gets, they are basically impossible to get extra things, at most they are bonuses or something.

Of course, even if it is an outside member of the martial arts group, it is also a job that most ordinary people yearn for. Of course, it must be a martial arts group that really has an internal force realm. Although becoming an outside member, it is unlikely that they will receive complete protection from the internal force realm like the core member, but this itself is an invisible deterrent. Just like the disciple of the prime minister's family, outsiders cannot, and they will basically avoid provoking such people. Without looking at monks and Buddha's faces, generally speaking, people who can work in a martial arts group with an internal force realm will basically stay away from politics, away from the persecution of general family forces, etc., and their wages and benefits are also very high, which is a very enviable job.

Lan Ling'er is kind-hearted. Although she is very smart, she will not give any contract traps when hiring these crew members. After referring to some information about the martial arts group, she basically gave the highest salary and benefits, and then signed the contract. Captain Rude did not postpone or raise any higher conditions. After reading the information on the contract, he signed the contract on behalf of all the crew members happily, and did not even ask why some of them were eliminated, and just signed the contract.

After signing, he began to ask himself and the crew's work. Lan Ling'er explained this: "Uncle Rude. They don't have any particularly important job now. Your main job is to control the ships, but the ships are still under construction and it will take about a year to complete. Before that, I hope you will live in the capital of Haitian Kingdom. Your main job in this year is to purchase things on your behalf."

Speaking of this, Lan Ling'er handed out a piece of paper. There were a lot of things written on it. It was a very long list with many types of things on it, from clothing, fabric, to food stored, to mechanical props, to metals... Some of these things Rude had never even heard of.

However, Rude solemnly put the list away. At the same time, Lan Ling'er took out a check and continued: "This is a bank promissory note of 1 billion Haitian coins, including your salary, welfare, temporary residence, and the purchase fee for this list. Uncle Rude, I appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the current peripheral crew of the brigade and the deputy captain of the future ship. I am the captain, and I will ask Uncle Rude to take care of you in the future." After saying that, Lan Ling'er clasped her fists and treated her with courtesy.

Rude quickly clasped his fists and politely, and then sighed: "Actually, when I entered the prison, I was completely disappointed. I wanted to wait under the commander to take those people down to accompany me, but I didn't expect that I would come out of it and become an outside member of the martial arts group. It's really, really..." Rude's eyes were red and he forced himself to endure it. This time he did not clasp his fists, but bowed directly to Hao Qi, Zhang Heng, and Lan Ling'er, and then he walked out of the room.

The remaining three people in the room were sighing. After a long time, Zhang Heng asked, "Ling'er, do you think you want to become the captain of the new ship? Do you have a way to manage it?"

Lan Ling'er smiled softly. She sat on the chair, raised her perfect curves slightly, wearing thin white silk calf, and said softly: "I used to help my grandfather manage the government when I was a big government. Compared to the huge government, what is the maximum number of hundreds of people in a boat? I am very powerful, Brother Zhang Heng."

Hao Qi and Zhang Heng looked over involuntarily again, and then both coughed at the same time, then subconsciously turned their heads. After a few seconds, Hao Qi said, "How is the intelligence matter? I've seen you're busy lately, have you made arrangements?"

Lan Ling'er nodded affirmatively and said, "I found a few smart crew members. They did nothing else. They just collected all kinds of information on landing within five years. Whether it is ships, personnel, or goods, it takes one year to collect a lot of information. Brother Hao Qi, you have also said that time is on our side, so don't worry, Ling'er will definitely find all the families that collude with pirates, but this takes time. Not only does it take time for me to collect information, but Brother Hao Qi, you also need time to become stronger, right?"

Hao Qi nodded silently, then he walked to the window, took a deep breath there, then turned and said excitedly: "Since the boat here takes a year to build, we can't waste it this year. Plan it, let's continue to travel and explore. Do you think it's better to follow the Haitian Kingdom and travel the countries along the way to visit the famous scenic spots or to find a strange land Jedi that is legendary outside, and we can go directly to explore?"

Lan Ling'er and Zhang Heng looked at each other and they all felt relieved in their eyes. After all, what they feared the most was that Hao Qi suddenly became impulsive and immediately became hostile to those aristocratic families. Whether it was intelligence clues or their own strength, this was asking for death. However, they were worried that Hao Qi would be depressed because he could not do this. Now it seems that Hao Qi was not depressed because of this, which was already very good.

Zhang Heng immediately smiled and said, "It's okay. Anyway, there's a year, it's enough for us to explore everywhere, so you can choose any one."

Lan Ling'er seemed to remember something. She quickly searched through her five books and found a map of old paper and said, "Look at this, Brother Hao Qi, Brother Zhang Heng, this is the map that I selected in the five books. I don't know who put it in it. I didn't find it at first, but I saw it when I was reading the book these days. Then I calculated the geographical location inside and found that the location of this rising map was in the southern part of the Blue Ocean, in the endless forest. I don't know what it was, but the manufacturing time of this rising map must have exceeded one hundred years. The oldness of the paper can prove this. This may be a treasure map."

"Hide, treasure map!?"

"Baby, treasure!?"

Hao Qi and Zhang Heng both cried out in surprise at the same time. There seemed to be traces of stars in their eyes. Lan Ling'er even felt that their eyes were glowing. The two of them immediately grabbed Lan Ling'er, as if they wanted to take the map but were afraid of breaking the map. Lan Ling'er immediately smiled and said, "It's okay, this map is very familiar. As long as it is held by normal power, it will not be broken. Brother Hao Qi, Brother Zhang Heng, you can take it and take a look."

Hao Qi quickly took the map carefully and looked at it with Zhang Heng. However, after watching for a long time, the two of them couldn't understand what they were drawing. It was obvious that they were just circles and some words, and they really couldn't understand it.

Lan Ling'er seemed to see their embarrassment, and took the map with a smile and said, "This map is a geographical map, height, terrain, and obvious signs. This is the southern part of the Blue Ocean, an area in the Endless Forest. If we look for it according to this map, we will have to go deep into the Endless Forest for about two months before we can get there. This is a very dangerous itinerary. So... are the two brothers planning to hunt for treasures? Anyway, we have a year of free time, and we can go back and forth anyway."

Hao Qi and Zhang Heng both nodded repeatedly, and Hao Qi laughed, rubbed Lan Ling'er's soft hair, patted Zhang Heng's shoulder, and said with a big laugh: "Okay! The next step for the brigade! Let's go..."

"Treasure Hunt!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!