Both shipbuilding and arms manufacturing required a certain level of technical expertise.
Without enough workers, engineers, and scientists, neither could get off the ground.
No matter how they discussed it, they kept coming back to one thing: talent.
Fortunately, Lind had not only strength but money. He figured that, as a major pirate, there should be no problem squeezing a little out of the various factions in his territory.
Compared with other pirates, Lind felt he could absolutely be called "merciful."
"As for recruitment..." Lind glanced around at the officers in the meeting room. Everyone seemed busy. He paused before continuing:
"Let's leave it to Axel. He's better at dealing with those factions, anyway."
The officers currently in the meeting room had all been assigned work, and Larry had to handle administrative affairs throughout the Oran Sea. He simply had no time to spare.
After some thought, Lind decided to leave it to Axel.
Unlike their earlier requests for teachers, demanding workers, engineers, and even scientists would really hurt those factions. It was better to have an intimidating officer like Axel handle it.
Still, Lind thought he should have Axel offer those factions some compensation when the time came.
After all, Lind was not short of that little bit of money, and he was quite willing to preserve his reputation for playing by the rules.
"Next is the newspaper," Lind said, feeling a headache coming on.
He was desperately short of people now. The number of officers under his command simply could not support his enormous business plans.
After all, every business needed an officer in charge to keep an eye on it.
He and Allison were responsible for agriculture, Zhang Yang handled the hotel, and Alan handled the school.
Infrastructure, industry, and the newspaper still had no officers in