Struggle in the Steam Age

"Lord Lord, our journey this time is much smoother than expected. It should be the New Sauer Island ahead." The captain took out the sextant and the chart and checked it, and said to Lawrence with a smile on his face. According to the current situation, we should be able to reach our destination at noon."

After all, the captain has neither been a captain nor been here before, so in this era without GPS navigation, it is already a great thing to be able to reach the destination on time or even earlier.

At the same time, being able to arrive at his destination on time also shows that he is lucky. In this era, it is an indispensable part of life to seek luck at sea, especially since it is so smooth and profitable to be a captain for the first time. So now the captain looks very emotional.

Over time, ships are getting closer and closer to the island. At the same time, the appearance of the island also appeared in everyone's eyes: the entire island is like an upside-down straw hat, an image that is obviously high in the middle and low on both sides. And the highest point in the middle should be the Blue Mountain at 2,700 meters above sea level

The reason why this mountain is called the Blue Mountain is also very simple, because the whole mountain is all rocky, so the vegetation is very sparse and the mountains below can be seen. So it looks blue from a distance. The name of the mountain is therefore named.

As for why there are so many mountain peaks on the surrounding islands, it is normal that only this mountain will have a name that is placed on the general nautical chart. After all, for the dense green islands on the sea of ​​stars, this is unique. The deep blue peaks of the mountains do look a little different. And the person who named this place first marked it on the map because of the distinctive color of the mountain that can be used to navigate the navigators.

As the fleet approached the island further, Lawrence found that dozens of islands, large and small, appeared on the edge of the big island. According to the map given to Lawrence at the time of the previous canonization, these islands are actually some of the outlying islands of New Sauer Island, which also belong to the Earl of Sauer, Lawrence.

But the problem is that these islands look very desolate now, and there are even a few islands that are less than one meter above the sea. Maybe they will be submerged under the sea at high tide. It is not so much an island as it is a reef.

"——There are more than 60 small islands around New Sauer Island, and only three of them have fresh water. Therefore, it is of little value. Similarly, the surrounding sea is relatively barren." After seeing those small islands, Lawrence immediately I remembered the specific information about these islands written in the material.

But when he raised his binoculars and looked at a few small islands, he could confirm that the person who wrote these records was probably only hearing about certain situations and recording them as facts.

Because he noticed that there were two small islands with a higher altitude in his sight. There were a large group of seabirds flying around, and there were also many bird nests on the island. According to the knowledge blessed by the God of Knowledge last time, these birds should be birds that are not very good at flying long distances, and they cannot fly thousands of kilometers at a time like albatross.

In other words, there must be a large-scale fishing ground nearby. It's not just a barren ocean around as the data shows.

But think about it, it often rains on such a large island, so there must be a lot of organic matter on the island that will flow into the ocean with the precipitation and surface water, so it is normal to attract fish.

As for another resource struvite that may be produced after the birds gather, it is estimated that there will be no struvite here. After all, struvite needs a dry climate to accumulate little by little, and just look at the island of Neusauer not far away. In the lush tropical jungle, normal people can see that the amount of precipitation in this place is definitely not small.

"I'll go up and take a look." Nora got out of the cabin at this time and quickly flew high into the sky. As her flying height increased and her position changed, Lawrence, who shared her vision, saw a pear-shaped The emerald green island floats quietly on the sea, and there are some inconspicuous islands around it.

However, due to the size of the island, Lawrence can only see the part of the big island near the east coast. But in this field of view, there were at least fifty to sixty kilometers of coastline, and they only saw two small villages.

"It feels like this island is a bit too uninhabited." Nora said directly to Lawrence after landing from the sky, "Such a long coastline seems to have no more than 1,000 people inhabited."

"That's because the people on this island are mainly concentrated on the north side of the island, but we are now in the southeast of the island." Butler Bayer said to Nora. As a knowledgeable elder, he probably Guessed Nora's identity. And treat her as Lawrence's sister in daily life. "Because there is more flat land in the west, and there are also more convenient water sources."

"So it's like this! I see, Grandpa Bayer." Nora said to the Bayer butler and nodded slightly. "Then we will drive the boat directly to Tanas, the largest town on the northern island, to meet the others?"

"Of course not." Lawrence said at this time. "We have brought all kinds of tools and materials on board, so there is no need to go to Tanas Town to waste time. As for the others, I have already contacted them with the telegraph on the ship just now, and they will take them directly. The ship went south to meet us."

The entire fleet drove westward for a while, and when it reached the westernmost side of the island, it turned 90° northward and headed north. At about 12:00 noon, they came to a natural bay.

In the north of this bay, a peninsula of several kilometers long extends directly into the sea, and on the peninsula are small mountains of two to three hundred meters, just enough to block the strong winds and huge waves blowing to the coast.

After the fleet entered the bay along the waterway at the top of the peninsula, a vast plain appeared in front of everyone~www.ltnovel.com~, and at the southernmost part of the plain, a river with a width of more than 150 meters at the mouth of the sea bound the plain. It is separated from the hilly area further east, and at the same time provides a lot of fresh water for the entire plain.

According to Lawrence's visual observation, the entrance of the harbor is about 800 meters wide, and the inside is a calm bay with a depth of 2.5 kilometers and a length of 5.5 kilometers. The most wonderful thing is that there is just a reef about two thousand meters away from the entrance of the harbor, which can block the wind and waves coming from the open sea.

"What a good place." Lawrence sighed, and the retainers around him nodded with satisfaction.

However, in many cases, there is always a flaw in the perfect thing. For example, when the ship passed through the gap and entered this bay, I saw a few shit-yellow goblins on the beach with wooden sticks or directly into the water to fish by hand. But after seeing the big ship entering the bay, they ran into the woods behind the beach and disappeared.

Lawrence originally thought it was the goblins who wanted to escape when they saw the situation, but unexpectedly, when all the ships entered the bay and sent the first landers to the shore, a group of goblins suddenly left the woods under the leadership of the leader. He rushed out, seemingly wanting to annihilate these earl guards that had just landed on land.

"This should be a goblin tribe." Lawrence, who was standing on the side of the ship, raised his binoculars and looked at the group of goblins and said, "It looks like they want to use the situation of being mixed with our people to prevent us from firing. It's really cunning. "

"But it's not worth worrying about, Lord Lord." The Butler by Bayer also raised his binoculars and replied, "This group of goblins are just ordinary goblins, and there is only one bear goblin warrior who can fight. Although our guard only has this group. The number of goblins is 13, but under the command of Joseph Knight, a brilliant victory will surely be achieved."