Struggle in the Steam Age

It is not so strange that Lawrence, a hereditary aristocrat, joins the labor force. At least in the cultural traditions of the Holy Visby Empire, a pioneering aristocrat and civilians building their own territory together have always been regarded as one. This is a very glorious move, which is one of the important reasons why the relationship between the nobles and leaders of the Holy Visby Empire is relatively harmonious.

It's just that with the development of society and the increasingly close exchanges between nobles in various places, many traditions of the Frans Empire have also flowed into the Holy Visby Empire. For example, they are slightly pretentious and far away from various practices. After all, compared with the empire tradition, the new style of the Frans Empire is obviously much more relaxed and comfortable.

But Lawrence, a man who had been a commoner for the previous two lives, obviously couldn't accept this kind of ethos. In his opinion, he had to pay the corresponding price for the benefits. If you don't want to pay any price but want to get various benefits, you may be able to do it at the beginning, but over time these benefits will gradually become poisons that kill you.

This is why Lawrence is always at the forefront in the various wars and constructions on the island, because he feels that only after he has participated in a series of work on the development and construction can he enjoy the island with peace of mind. All kinds of benefits brought to myself.

For example, when building a steel cable system, an important process is to build some places for fixing steel cables in many dangerous places. And the biggest difficulty in this kind of work is how to transport those people and materials to those points on the cliffs in the mountains.

After a brief discussion, Lawrence and Nora took over this vital transportation task, at least from their point of view, they can easily complete those tasks by using the ability to transport across terrain. This is obviously much better than letting the workers risk their lives.

During the construction period, the expedition teams who inspected the surrounding minerals also came back one after another. At the same time bring their inspection records. However, compared with the results of the previous surveys on animals and plants, the conclusions of these mineral experts are basically content that makes people feel more frustrating.

For example, they can confirm that not only there are not all kinds of extraordinary minerals on the island, but there are not even high-value gem mines or precious metal deposits. Although there are one or two iron ore, if you take into account the topography of the buried location and the grade and reserves of those minerals, you will find that mining those minerals will not only make no money, but will also lose money.

As for the coal mines, which are vital to the development of industry, there is also a point, and it is more convenient to mine. The problem is that the coal reserves here are really small. Therefore, this coal mine only allows the ships that are moving upstream to transport supplies to have one more coal mine supply point and more cargo, and the coal needed on the island is mainly imported from the outside world.

The only information that makes people feel a little happy is that they found a lot of high-quality granite and limestone that can be used for construction at a nearby lake, and even some marble. If there are no accidents, a quarry will be built in this area to provide raw materials for the buildings on the island.

At present, most of the buildings on the island are temporary buildings with a mixed structure of bamboo, wood and soil. Only a few areas have used imported raw materials to build some permanent buildings of stone or reinforced concrete. Therefore, in terms of construction, a large amount of building materials must be needed on the island, and such a quarry can be regarded as just needed on the island.

After completing the investigation and helping to build the cable transportation line, the military also completed the cleanup of the goblin territory around the fortress. So Lawrence took the army and mixed the first armed immigrants who had just arrived by boat to the meadow through the passages in the mountains.

They only have one job now, and that is to clean up all the goblin tribes in the predetermined area and lay a solid line of defense in the area. Fortunately, because the human resources of this goblin were almost drained in that war, the next job can be said to be very easy.

With the help of Nora, the goblin tribes hidden in the hillside woods were marked on the map one by one. Then the military members and armed immigrants easily cleared the dens of the goblins under the command of the little dolls. After losing all the young goblins, cleaning these goblin tribes is no more difficult than cleaning the rabbit den.

Therefore, after a fierce battle, most of the goblins in the planning area were successfully eliminated. Only a handful of goblin tribes near the edge of the planning area smelled the danger first because of the fate that was placed in the final cleanup, and chose to leave this area with their wealth to go to other places in the meadow.

"Okay, this is the last tribe." Nora said when she watched Syfiel walk out of a goblin tribe while wiping the blood from the sword, "I think we have succeeded in destroying it completely according to the original plan. Lost this precious piece of grassland and the **** goblins around."

"Huh—that's good." Said Syfiel dropped the piece of paper used to wipe the goblin blood on the ground, then looked at the blade and inserted the sword back into the scabbard. "This period of time feels much better than squatting in the office all day, especially the recent attack on the goblins, which finally made me move my hands and feet well."

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For Safir, proper fighting is a recreational exercise that is very beneficial to the body and mind. This is especially true in the fight to destroy the goblin. After all, the previous battle to support Vieques was really stressful, so she was quite satisfied with the recent low-intensity wars.

After the end of this kind of clearance and suppression battle, Lawrence and the others also led the main force and advanced nearly 10 kilometers along the planned first-phase construction border. A goblin tribe of more than two thousand people and multiple small tribes were completely removed from the flat ground, and other goblins were forced to temporarily stay away from the construction area where Lawrence and them were located.

In this way, there won't be many large-scale goblins coming to harass during the period after the defensive circle is built. Help those fortifications to be completed on time. As long as the fortifications are built, even if the main force is withdrawn, the returning goblins cannot go to the fertile meadow occupied by Lawrence and the others. ~www.ltnovel.com~Considering the requirements of the construction period and the intensity of the war The first batch of fortifications were all built with thick wood cut down in the surrounding forests and rammed earth mixed with gravel, although such fortifications may be slightly insufficient in the modern war. But in the face of those goblins, buildings of this strength are enough.

At the same time, the biggest advantage of this kind of field fortification construction is that it is convenient to build and it can be built quickly. So when Lawrence and the others completed a one-week deterrent operation to expel the goblins in the distance and returned, they found the riverside Several basically completed fortifications have been erected, and some guards have even been stationed in some of the fortifications.

After entering a randomly selected fortification, Lawrence found that the main part of the entire building had been completed and the engineering team had also withdrawn. In the yard of the fortifications, there were a few tents just built there. Guards from three races came and went from the tents, looking at the tools in their hands as if they were doing the final treatment of the fortifications.

"Yes, my earl, the situation here is very good." said the person in charge of the fortification after seeing Lawrence arrive. "As for the reason everyone is living in the tent now, it is also very simple, because the room has just been painted. , So we don’t want to go in for the time being. Fortunately, the weather has been good recently and living in a tent is not uncomfortable."