Chapter 157: Our Journey Is...

  Emily and Aruba's conversation in the office, Mo Yan didn't seriously eavesdrop, only roughly understood about 99.9%. The two people talked about their past life together, discussed the philosophical question of whether a monster with human intelligence is still considered a monster, and philosophical questions within the scope of the world. Of course, the final result was that Aruba was persuaded by Emily to accept the fact that her sister fell in love with a monster.

  After Mo Yan went in, Aruba didn't say anything else, just a loving brother who, as usual, said some harsh words such as "If you don't treat my sister well, I'll cut off your little thing". Although Mo Yan only took Aruba's threat as a joke, his mouth was full of agreement.

  Due to this sudden event, the relationship that was originally only separated by a thin layer of membrane has now been specifically confirmed. Anyway, the two have already held a grand wedding ceremony, and this time they have officially become the wife of a demon. However, even though she had clearly expressed her intentions, Emily still had some reservations about Mo Yan's appearance as a cow-headed person. The last time she took the initiative to kiss him lightly was already her greatest effort, and if the cow-headed person wanted to take her to bed, it would probably have to wait for a considerable amount of time.

  However, Mo Yan didn't mind this kind of thing too much. After all, he wasn't the type of person who couldn't live without xx in his life. Last time, the two demons were dragged to the execution ground and beaten half to death. The cow-headed man guarded an empty room alone for three days until the two recovered under the care of various precious medicines, before coming up with those few moves again.

  For the execution of the two demons, although Mo Yan said that all citizens were allowed to watch, the execution caused a commotion among the two demons in Thunder Cliff. However, in reality, the Party Guard was dispatched to spread rumors among the crowd, and any man who dared to appear at the execution ground would be secretly taken away by mysterious people.

  So on that day, only a few idle and bored Sart women went to watch the execution, and they also went to see how beautiful the two charmers who shared the bed with the city master were. In short, in some aspects, the Minotaurs of Thunderhorn did not lose out.

  As for Mo Yan's flogging punishment, it is impossible for the two demons to have no resentment in their hearts. However, their resentment can only be harbored in their hearts. Such things are not unheard of in hell, and being driven to the brink of life and death is not a rare occurrence either. Lilith and Vivian had long been familiar with these things.

  The Minotaur did not directly decide to put them to death, which can be said to be the greatest mercy. At that time, any ruler would not have been able to pardon the crime of rebellion in front of a large group of subordinates, as this would have been a great blow to his prestige and dignity, and there would inevitably have been severe punishment regardless.

  Moreover, the two demons wanted to survive in Thunder Bluff, so it was necessary to please the Tauren in all aspects. Therefore, there would be no situation where they would refuse the Tauren's demands due to punishment from the Tauren. Refusal might have been effective at ordinary times, but not at such a critical moment.

  After dealing with Emily's affairs, Mo Yan began to focus on the Maritime Academy. On the mainland, no matter which country, sailors are not considered a good profession, not only do they face huge risks every time they go out to sea, but also have no guarantee of life, and most countries force some criminals to become sailors after a certain period of training.

  But wanting to control these convicts and prevent mutiny on their own ship is a great test for the captain. All captains know that the most dangerous thing they face is not necessarily the storms or monsters at sea, but also the sailors who stay with them on the same ship.

  The idea of opening a maritime academy in Thunder Bluff is quite bizarre. After all, Thunder Bluff only has a moat and maybe some small boats can navigate through it. But for ships that sail the open seas, they would be stuck here, unable to move.

  Even if Mo Yan managed to get a batch of old sailors from the coastal cities as instructors, the students and teaching equipment were still a big problem. To solve some hardware problems, before sending Aruba to the coastal city of Eran, Mo Yan built facilities that the academy might need outside of Thunder Cliff.

  And gathered carpenters under Berika's guidance to make a batch of not small ship models, equipped with some fine ropes as teaching tools. At the same time, they started ordering ships from Carthage, and Carthage, which was developed in sea transportation, had many shipyards, and the orders for the New Erlen Federation were also completed quickly. Five shipyards received orders at the same time, and almost simultaneously completed the manufacture of the ships after three months.

  For the Thunderhead's unique designs, such as its watertight compartments, the experienced and skilled shipwrights of these shipyards were both amazed and hopeful to obtain authorization from the New Elyrian Federation to produce such excellent vessels. However, some of the designs also left the craftsmen perplexed.

  On both sides of the ship's hold, several square openings were opened, which seemed to be a place for placing something. And on the deck of the ship, there was no large crossbow installed as usual, which made everyone confused about how the ship would attack monsters or pirates.

  After Mo Yan had arranged everything, he began to publicize it throughout the entire Eland. The recruitment conditions offered by Mo Yan were not bad at all. As long as one enrolled in the Star Ocean Academy on Thundercliff and graduated normally, they would obtain the citizenship of Thundercliff City, and the salary standard for sailors was considered a high-income industry even in Thundercliff.

  But even under such conditions, only a dozen or so people signed up to study after a month had passed. This was no small blow to Mo Yan, who had originally thought he would be able to recruit a full class. After all, the right of citizenship in Thundercliff was not something that was handed out casually; even those who were permitted to immigrate to Thundercliff had to live there for a full year and have a spotless record before they could hope to obtain this right.

  After spending a large sum of publicity fees, Mo Yan did not get the results he wanted. He began to look for reasons why everyone was unwilling to be a sailor. After three days of investigation and asking sailors who were teachers at the academy, Mo Yan roughly knew why no one was willing to sign up despite the excellent conditions.

  Even if they don't consider the dangers of going out to sea, sailors' biggest worry is their disability or old age when they can no longer go out to sea and have to face life problems. These people who drift outside for many years generally find it difficult to find a wife, and even if they do find a wife, they will be separated due to living reasons, and naturally there will be no descendants to take care of them, which is the biggest problem sailors have to face.

  Now that the biggest reason has been found, it is clear how to deal with this problem. For Mo Yan, these things are not particularly difficult. At present, Mo Yan needs someone to help him transport goods and expand the export scale of Leiting Cliff products. With Leiting Cliff's financial resources, supporting a group of sailors is still not too much pressure.

  After some consideration, a new propaganda strategy and some systems were also confirmed and implemented throughout the entire Eland territory. Mo Yan established the Sailors' Guild in Yulin Bay, and all sailors of the New Eland Federation would join it, with a small portion of their income collected as membership fees every month.

  And when they grow old, the Seamen's Union will provide a sum of money every month to support their retirement, and even if they encounter difficulties overseas, there will be a consolation fund for their families, just like soldiers. This has eliminated the sailors' fear of the future from the system and made them no longer worry about the lives of their descendants.

  But that's just the most basic thing, being a sailor on the Thunder Cliff has only been for two years, and most of the time is spent at sea. And once a sailor has worked on the ship for two years, they will receive a paid vacation equivalent to one-third of a year every year, allowing them to live comfortably on shore.

  After promulgating these regulations at Thundercliff, the number of people signing up for the Thundercliff Maritime Academy gradually increased and eventually became extremely popular. With such superior conditions and salaries, even in the most dangerous jobs, there would be people scrambling to do them.

  After the first batch of students was recruited at Xingchen University, Berika, who had been idle in the White House all along, finally started to get busy. The scope of activities also expanded from the White House to the university established in the suburbs, and even got a tail of the Party Guard.

  As the newly established prestigious academy of Thundercliff, Mo Yan, as the city lord, certainly wouldn't miss the opening ceremony. On the stage at the opening ceremony, someone spoke a lot of nonsense, similar to our journey being the starry sky and vast ocean or something like becoming the king of sailors that left many people bewildered.

  As the dean of this college, Berika only introduced her name and nothing else. Most students felt extremely excited about having such a beautiful dean. It's as if on earth, people have a special feeling towards pretty women with special identities.

  However, after some incidents that occurred in school later on, everyone kept a distance from Berika. With just a slight provocation in language, she would unleash the devastating technique: theendofson! No one dared to provoke Berika again, as no one had an iron lower body.