Chapter 160

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The Republic of Aldera is located in the northern region of Yalan, coastal, with abundant beaches and dense forest coverage. The weather is currently a bit cold, but once it warms up, one can feel the blazing enthusiasm here.

The three-day cruise was not long, and the process was much more comfortable than Lance had imagined. They were on the Sky Heart luxury cruise ship, which could accommodate two thousand two hundred people, including the crew. Perhaps there was still a small gap compared to top-tier luxury cruise ships, but Lance felt it wasn’t too bad.

The ship had almost no empty rooms, and there were far more men than women. He asked Alberto, and the Sky Heart luxury cruise ship’s destination was the southernmost part of Yalan. Many people went there for the winter and also to relax.

The economic development of the Yalan continent is relatively backward. A lack of industrial innovation has kept it in a relatively primitive socio-economic production environment. This means it is primarily based on agriculture, animal husbandry, and light handicraft industries. Its advantageous geographical environment might be God’s last helping hand, keeping them from starving. However, it is difficult to make much money here.

This has also led to the sex trade and businesses related to women becoming semi-pillar industries on the Yalan continent. Moreover, this place is famous for its beautiful women, who are inexpensive. In winter, gentlemen from the Federation, unable to curb their inner urges, choose to come here for the winter.

They don’t need to spend much money, just fifty dollars, to find a beautiful girl who will meticulously accompany them and care for their emotions. Do you think it’s for one time or a few times? No, it’s for a month, an entire month! Whether rich or not, everyone can find what suits them here!

So, Yalan has also become a paradise for wealthy people from many places to relax, and after a large number of “tourists” come here, many girls become pregnant. Some of them do not have money for abortions, or are unwilling to waste money on abortions, and eventually give birth to the children.

Mixed-race children are everywhere here, and these beautiful mixed-race children will continue to attract more tourists to the region. For many girls living here, earning money with their bodies is no different from men working in factories; there’s nothing to be ashamed of.

Carrying their luggage, the group began to disembark down the gangplank. Alberto could finally close his mouth and rest for a while. Lately, Lance had noticed he was a bit of a chatterbox. As long as you didn’t say “no,” he could keep talking, from whether the color of Yalan girls’ body hair matched their hair color, to the various rare animals in Yalan’s primeval forests, and his adventures of dominating in the primeval forest—

Fordis said he was so scared by a leopard that he wet his pants, but Alberto refused to admit it and pulled Fordis into a side room to talk privately. Afterward, Fordis admitted that he might have been mistaken, and that it wasn’t Alberto who peed, but he who peed, on Alberto’s pants. Then Alberto hammered him again.

Of course, he also didn’t forget to talk about the purpose of coming here: wine! Yalan’s unique climate makes it rich in grapes. It has the world’s largest grape supply system, meeting forty percent of the world’s grape market demand, and is still continuously increasing.

Governments everywhere are promoting grape cultivation as an important economic source, but some people in Yalan also believe that excessive expansion of vineyards will reduce grain production, but in the face of cash crops, they don’t care much about this.

Among the large quantities of grapes, there are ordinary fresh table grapes and also many wine grapes used for winemaking. Both red wine and brandy need them!

Perhaps the people coming to pick them up had arrived. Alberto had to maintain that “I’m from the Federation” kind of… aura. He became serious.

As the group descended the gangplank, a middle-aged man in civilian clothes with neatly parted brown hair, laughed and walked towards them. This fellow was slightly plump and seemed very amusing. He had two upturned small mustaches, probably greased with hair wax to keep them curled up. When he laughed, his facial features changed vividly, truly giving the impression of beaming with joy.

Alberto put down his luggage and went to meet him. The two embraced and exchanged cheek kisses.

“I’ve been waiting for news. If you hadn’t come, I would have set sail to pick you up at sea, but thankfully, God heard my prayers and sent you just in time.”

Fordis and Lance stood together behind him. He quietly introduced the man to Lance. This man was named Luigi. He was not from the same family as Mr. Pasoretto, nor were they from the same family in their generation on Summuri Island. However, although the four major families on Summuri Island had some internal conflicts evolving, they were still very united externally, and the Summurians outside the island were also friendly and unified with each other. Whether they would start a war back on the island and fight like mad dogs was another matter.

But outside the island, they had remained united, at least so far. As for the future, no one knew. Perhaps if they fought too fiercely, they would forget about unity.

After they exchanged pleasantries for a while, he looked at Fordis, “Aha, old fellow, why don’t you give your dear cousin a hug.”

Fordis rolled his eyes and went over to hug him. “Stop saying I’m your cousin all the time, thanks.”

Luigi wasn’t annoyed at all. “That’s how it is. We’re related through our mothers. You can’t change the fact that you have some of the same blood as me!”

Without waiting for Fordis to retort, he returned to Alberto’s side. “Why don’t you introduce me to our new friends?”

“I, for one, love making new friends!”

“Lance, an Imperial. And the ones behind are Hiram and Lawn. They are all my friends.”

Luigi could easily and clearly distinguish who the “boss” was. Lance put down his luggage and walked over; he originally intended to shake hands, but Luigi directly gave him a hug.

“My embrace is as warm as Yalan’s hospitality!”

“Although it’s winter now, welcome to Aldera, my friend!”

Lance glanced at Alberto, who was secretly smiling, and simply embraced Luigi to complete the courtesy. Then it was Hiram’s turn. However, when Luigi saw Hiram flick his hair before embracing him, revealing his slightly long, somewhat vacant-eyed, pockmarked face, he actually hesitated. His enthusiasm seemed to have met cold air and became less agitated. Then Hiram actively embraced him, patting him hard, making loud slapping sounds!

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Luigi. Although I’m not quite used to this embrace-on-meeting custom, I’ll learn to adapt.”

Luigi, having been embraced by him, could only respond, “I hope you enjoy your stay in Aldera!”

“Thank you!”

Then it was Lawn’s turn. Lawn didn’t care if Luigi was debating whether to embrace him and just hugged him directly. This made Luigi feel for the first time that while embracing was good, shaking hands was still more polite.

“Very rude young men,” he thought, evaluating Hiram and Lawn. And that one who flicked his hair seemed a bit stupid. He wondered if stupidity was contagious.

He turned to his subordinates, “Aren’t you going to help the gentlemen with their luggage?”

He arranged a seven-car motorcade to ensure no one would be squeezed together. In reality, so many cars weren’t necessary, but Alberto said he was bringing good friends to visit, so Luigi wanted to show his host’s enthusiasm and hospitality. He couldn’t let guests be crammed into one car, so he arranged seven cars, one for each person, and one for luggage!

The Federation is a big city, and Golden Port’s city center is also bustling with tall buildings. Here, however, it felt more rustic, with low, flat houses everywhere. But there were indeed many beautiful men and women on the roadside. When the motorcade passed by, many girls and boys actively displayed their beautiful and handsome faces and curvaceous bodies to the cars.

Luigi had a considerable influence here. As immigrants, they used submachine guns and bullets to teach the locals respect. Along the way, although there were no traffic lights or traffic police, people would actively make way when they saw the motorcade because it was Mr. Luigi’s motorcade.

Eventually, the cars arrived outside the city, where there was a very large, locally-styled and characteristic manor. The tallest part was only three stories high, a small bell tower, while other areas were only two stories. Lance and his companions had never seen the architectural style before, but it was very distinctive. It didn’t look very “lush” now, but one could imagine that in summer, when the grapevines covered these arbors, it would be a unique and charming sight.

After settling down, Lance made a call to the Federation. Elvin had already contacted some grape suppliers, but they were only willing to sign contracts without liquidated damages. Everyone knew that grape prices were constantly rising, and no one would sign an overly absurd contract, let alone one with dozens of times the liquidated damages. These suppliers were not fools; they understood the trends and movements of grape prices better than Lance.

Given this, Lance could only instruct him to buy a small amount at fair price, let Nick start brewing the wine, and everything else would wait until he returned.

After ending the call, it was past six in the evening, and it was dark. Someone came to inform Lance that it was dinner time. Lance, who had napped for a while, changed into clean clothes and followed the servants to the dining room.

Although the entire manor had no high-rise buildings, its luxury was definitely comparable to them. Especially this exotic luxury. Before even approaching the banquet area, one could already hear music and people’s laughter. When Lance got closer, he found that many beautiful women had already gathered there. They were enthusiastically dancing around a bonfire in the center of the hall…