Struggle in the Steam Age

In the next week, Lawrence spent a lot of time in the construction of various venues and facilities needed to make black tea. Considering that some of these processes require the help of machines, he also needs to customize a batch of machines from the three surrounding industrial countries.

Fortunately, after welcoming the first batch of exiles, Lawrence discovered that many of this group of people were skilled mechanical workers who had previously worked in factories and received professional training. So he doesn't need to worry about the embarrassment that there are machines but no one can manipulate.

Unlike in the previous life, everyone is now in an era of pursuing technological development, machinery and industry. Therefore, unlike the time when Lawrence lived in the world in his last life, luxury goods pursued handmade production. In this era, the addition of industrial elements to the production of luxury goods will not only not depreciate them, but will also increase their value from certain angles.

This is an important reason why Lawrence chooses mechanized production. On the other hand, the biggest advantage of mechanized production is that the quality of products can maintain consistency and it is more convenient to improve product quality. After all, human production will have obvious fluctuations in the production level, and there is no guarantee that the product will always be in the best condition.

After dealing with an important question about the future development of New Sauer Island, Lawrence finally had a period of rest. He originally wanted to take the boat and follow the contents recorded in the log book that he had seized when the pirates were eliminated before to see if there were any pirate treasures waiting for him, but often the plan did not change quickly. Just when he got the Enterprise ready, an uninvited guest visited the island of New Sauer.

"My friend, why are you?" A look of surprise looked at the sturdy man Lawrence who came to the door. Because this big guy is the old acquaintance warrior Resso who was with his team when he went to the astral plane to hold the competition. Before he became an earl, he once wrote letters and invitations to his previous teammates, most of them responded, but Paladin John and the fighter Resso never responded.

Of course, Lawrence did not feel that there was anything wrong. After all, these two have been wandering around and living in uncertainty, taking the elimination of extraordinary monsters everywhere as their bounden duty. So even if the contact address left is the location of the Demon Hunter Guild and the Church of the Suffering God in several regions, if you want to receive a letter, you can only wait for them to return to the city.

In this case, it is understandable to not reply for a long time after receiving the letter. Since Lawrence has been busy since he was on the island, he gradually forgot about this incident. But what Lawrence did not expect was that today Resso would suddenly come to visit him without any notice.

"I'm very sorry. In theory, we should visit you after you come here. But because when you wrote to us, we happened to encounter an inexplicable undead riot on a small island, so it was resolved until two days ago. When the problem returned to the city." The soldier Reso showed an embarrassed look on his face.

"It's okay, it's okay." Lawrence shook his hand and said that it didn't matter. For them, the Paladins of the Orthodox Church and the warriors of the Demon Hunter Guild, destroying evil and saving the innocent is the most important thing, as for other things. Far less important than this type of thing.

Therefore, Lawrence didn't think it was wrong that they hadn't responded before, after all, this is the habit of the Paladins and the extraordinary people who belong to the Demon Hunter Guild. Lawrence also knew that there really was an extraordinary person from the Demon Hunter Guild because he suddenly encountered an old hag on the eve of the award. In order to destroy this evil creature, he even released a king who would be knighted the next day. pigeon.

But in the end, the king held the award ceremony another day. After all, the reason why everyone respects the extraordinary in the Demon Hunter Guild is because of their daring to fight evil to the end. So even if they have some problems in their daily dealings with people, everyone will try to accommodate them.

"By the way, why are you alone?" Lawrence asked at this time. If he remembers correctly, Lei Suo had been acting with Paladin John before, but now that he is the only one here, it seems obvious that there is something wrong. normal. "Aren't you with John? Why didn't he come."

"That's why I am looking for you today." Resso said helplessly. "Originally, the two of us came here together, but when the port of New Netherlands, which was four or five days away, he received an urgent order from the Church of the Crucified God, so he asked me to come first and he followed. The people in their church went to deal with the matter."

"This kind of adjustment is indeed troublesome." Lawrence nodded after listening to understand. After all, his father is a clergy member of the church, so he naturally knows how unreasonable such church orders are. When he was a child, he encountered an emergency call from the church several times when he was about to eat, and finally got to go to other people's houses in the town to have a meal.

"But I have nothing to do with this kind of tune." Lawrence thought that Reso wanted to call his friend back, so he explained with a helpless expression. "This kind of task arrangement is generally handled internally by the church, even if I am a hereditary nobleman, it is impossible to intervene in such things."

"I don't mean that. In fact, it is an honor for us to implement the church's order to eradicate evil, and we even hope to be called up by the church." Reso explained to Lawrence quickly. "Because I heard that I can come back in three or four days, so I'm waiting for him to come back to you at the Port of Broken Palm. But on the third day after his departure, I heard that the crucifixion church formed The team disappeared during the mission, and he was in that team."

"What are you talking about, he is missing?" Lawrence stood up with a surprised expression. "What task they were performing could be directly missing. What happened in it, and how did they disappear."

Lawrence looked shocked when he heard that the Paladin was missing, because unlike ordinary self-employed adventurers, each Orthodox church has a very powerful intelligence system. In this case, as long as it is not an emergency, they will be fully prepared, even if they can't win, the news will be heard. Such a sudden disappearance is indeed very strange.

"Yes, the whole team is missing." Reso was also blank. "Since John joined the team to perform missions and left, I have gone to the Church of the Crucifixion every day to inquire about the situation. The first two days were normal~www.ltnovel.com~, but the church seemed a little chaotic when I went there on the third day. , Because they and the team completely lost contact without any warning."

"A squad disappeared without warning. This is really troublesome." Lawrence frowned, and he realized that the problem was not simple. At least under normal circumstances, this team will have a simple one-time emergency contact tool in addition to the daily contact tool, and failure often means that the situation has become very bad.

"The church has announced that it will send people to find the missing team." Resso said, "They contacted the New World Headquarters of the Church in Erythion to request reinforcements, and they asked all the surrounding forces for help."

"You said they asked all the surrounding forces for help?" Lawrence asked. "But I haven't received any news from here."

"This is normal, elder brother." Nora, who had been looking at the file there just now, flew up and said. "Our dozen or so islands on the outermost periphery of the Star Sea have always been considered the edge of civilization, and their strength is extremely weak. According to the documents I have read before, they generally won't ask for help in this direction."

"Well, this makes sense." Lawrence shrugged helplessly. "But this time, I am definitely going to help."