Construction Team

The old butler returned to South Australia Island the next day at noon. By then, Kerry had just woken up and was enjoying a meal that could have been breakfast or lunch.

Kerry looked at the disheveled Carson, completely bewildered. "Mr. Carson, I just asked you to go to the city to see if there were any suitable construction teams to repair the port and docks for our territory. What happened to you?"

Butler Carson gave a bitter smile and looked at Kerry with a strange expression. "Young master, we've gotten into trouble."

Kerry wasn't without a sense of crisis, but he had only just begun. He didn't have any tempting wealth, nor a girlfriend who would bring disaster to the nation and its people. How could he have gotten into trouble for no reason?

"It looks bad, Mr. Carson. Please sit down and have some fish soup before you tell me what happened," Kerry said. In truth, he was a bit anxious now. What kind of trouble was it, and how big was it? Kerry really wanted to know right away.

However, the old butler Carson was over 50 years old. It was clear that the other party had barely slept the previous day, and there had been some complications early in the morning, only arriving home near noon.

At this moment, having Carson drink a bowl of fish soup would be more effective than directly asking about the troublesome matter.

The old butler originally wanted to speak immediately, but after hearing Kerry's words, his original anxiety and unease miraculously subsided. After slowly finishing a whole bowl of fish soup, Carson felt much better.

Carson, who didn't know where to begin, slowly recounted his experience going to Little Nose Bay Port City.

Old Butler Carson had arrived at Little Nose Bay Port City early that morning. Led by a member of the fishing team who was familiar with local construction companies, he was taken to what was said to be the best construction company in Little Nose Bay Port City.

Unexpectedly, this best construction company initially said that all three of their construction teams were available. If the money was right, they could all start working, guaranteeing quality, quantity, and speed.

However, as soon as they heard that the Lord of South Australia Island wanted to hire them, they immediately changed their tune, saying they had other projects and no time, and told Carson to find someone else.

Although Carson found it strange that this construction company had three available teams but refused the job, it was a buyer's market for this engineering project. If they didn't do it, others would. Carson quickly found a second construction company.

This construction company was also a very powerful local company. The result was the same as before. After learning it was business for the Lord of South Australia Island, they immediately claimed that one of their construction team members was injured and might not be able to work, telling Carson to find the next one.

At this point, Carson felt that his mission might not be completed. Two consecutive companies refused to take on work for South Australia Island. There must be some problem here that Carson didn't know about.

But he couldn't give up just because two companies were unavailable. Carson continued to find a third and a fourth company.

Little Nose Bay Port City wasn't a large city at all. The four construction companies represented the limit of what such a small market could handle. Yet, all four of these construction companies refused to take on business for South Australia Island.

After searching through them all, it was already evening. He had approached the legitimate companies, so it seemed he could only look for freelance contractors to see if they had any construction teams. But now it was dinner time, so Butler Carson had to stay overnight in Little Nose Bay Port City, planning to find freelance construction teams early the next morning.

Tossing and turning all night, thinking about what could have gone wrong, Carson, with dark circles under his eyes, followed the fishing team member familiar with local construction teams to a residential house.

He met a relatively well-known local contractor named Jianlin Wang, a middle-aged man with receding hair.

He had initially readily agreed to accept the dock expansion business. But after learning that the Lord of South Australia Island wanted to hire him to expand the dock, he hesitated for a long time before shaking his head and refusing.

Carson was also experienced. The previous construction companies had refused very straightforwardly, but this contractor hesitated before refusing. Sensing a turn of events, Carson began to increase the price.

Since the young master had repeatedly assured him that he had secured a big deal and there would be plenty of money, he had to go all out this time to complete the task assigned by the young master.

Every time Carson increased the price, he would think about the Space Equipment Kerry had. If the business was successful, there would be money. If it wasn't successful, at least that Space Equipment was very valuable, even if it was borrowed.

Jianlin's expression became increasingly conflicted. When Carson raised the price to double the engineering payment, Jianlin finally spoke.

"Respected Mr. Carson, to be honest, I have a loan that is due soon, and I desperately need your engineering project to repay the loan. However, South Australia Island is not an option. I really don't want to jeopardize my livelihood for one engineering project. Please don't increase the price anymore." Jianlin Wang finally spoke, but not to agree to sign the contract, but to resolutely refuse again.

"Actually, I've already been to many engineering companies before coming to you. They all refused without hesitation. I really can't understand what's going on that everyone refuses to do engineering for South Australia Island?" Carson was also resigned now. Even freelancers wouldn't do it. Now, he just wanted to know the truth.

"Alright, I'll tell you, but don't say I told you." Jianlin Wang hesitated for a long time before revealing the reason.

He was now thinking of building good karma, perhaps these nobles could find a way to resolve the issue, and then he could still go to South Australia Island to work.

By building this good karma, perhaps the other party would come looking for him again. He knew that his rise to prominence was built on constantly borrowing from money lenders. Although he appeared prosperous now, being a contractor comparable to legitimate companies (though others still saw him as a contractor), he was actually starting to rob Peter to pay Paul.

Soon, Butler Carson left the residential house. And the reason for this incident was actually that the City Lord's birthday was missed due to a lack of fresh fish, which sounded truly absurd.

Kerry was also dumbfounded at this moment. He just wanted to find some people to help him catch jellyfish to sell for money, and this caused the local big shots to have no fish to eat. Kerry expressed his despair.

According to normal development, local fishermen would stop fishing, and soon foreign fish vendors would discover the business opportunity and specifically transport fresh fish from other places to sell here. This way, Little Nose Bay Port City would soon have fresh fish to eat. It was just that the timing was too perfect, coinciding with this vacuum period that the City Lord happened to encounter for his birthday.

He had always adhered to the principle of "low-key development, no risks," wanting to safely pass through the early development phase and then compete with the whole world in the late game. He never expected that just because he wanted a red buff, someone would already be attacking his own high ground.

Regardless, Lord Jim had decided that Kerry had offended him. After finding out that Kerry was just a fallen noble, although there was a possibility of him being close to the Second Prince, he had ultimately retreated to his fiefdom to farm like a little kid.

So, he spread the word that no one was allowed to do business with Kerry Raynor. Anyone who did business with him would not be able to get by in Little Nose Bay Port City.

Jim intended to force Kerry to die on South Australia Island, living a life of fishing to support himself.

Didn't you want a lot of fishermen? Then you can be a fisherman from now on.