Struggle in the Steam Age

According to the plan, the 350 volunteer immigrants that Lawrence and the others brought this time were divided into 7 teams per team of 50 people. Then they united with the local jackals and their vassal races and built seven settlements.

For the convenience of transportation and defense, five of these settlements are located along the coast, and the other two are located on the banks of the largest river in this land.

It's just that these settlements were accompanied by bloodshed and casualties from the beginning of the construction, because there are a large number of creatures distributed in large tracts of jungle, and these creatures are not very friendly to all invaders.

Compared with New Sauer Island, which also has a tropical rainforest climate, the density and danger of organisms in this area are much higher than that there.

The reason for this phenomenon is that this area is located on land, not as isolated from the world as islands, so naturally there is a stronger biodiversity. Lift

The simplest example is that there are no venomous snakes on the island of Neuschau, and there are only a few species of mosquitoes. Therefore, the chance of encountering snakes and insects when developing is very small.

But this territory is not like this at all. Even if everyone has made various preparations in advance, more than one-third of the people still have problems due to the attacks of various poisonous or diseased creatures during the construction process.

Fortunately, Lawrence has enough manpower, and they are also well prepared for medical logistics. So except for the two people who were in trouble, everyone else recovered.

It must be mentioned here about Nora's contribution. If she had not mobilized a lot of resources and prepared a lot of holy water and magic arts, then the death toll could not be so small.

In addition to the annoying poisonous plants and animals, some local wild races also caused them huge troubles.

Realizing that the teams that Lawrence swung were not passing by, but planning to stay in and not leave. A large number of kobolds organized and took turns to attack the fortified settlements.

Different from the common goblins before, this group of creeping monsters that may have dragon bloodlines is obviously higher in civilization level, and at the same time, they are naturally good at mining.

Therefore, compared with the goblins who go into battle with sticks and stones, this group of kobolds who can process metal and make a series of special weapons such as javelins, crossbows, daggers, axes, etc., are dangerous. More dangerous.

Fortunately, there may be a lack of iron ore in this area, so the weapons used by these kobolds are all made of bronze. With their bodies, only elite warriors or leaders can afford armor made of bronze.

But this does not mean that their combat effectiveness is low. For human pioneers, the traps set by the kobolds in the jungle, the javelins thrown and the poisoned arrows shot are all very deadly.

Although the armed kobolds alone cannot afford armed settlements at all, they can cause a devastating blow to the lack of defense plantations.

"It's no wonder that this area is considered a dangerous wild zone." After returning to the small town where the landing site was formed, Lawrence subconsciously sighed after looking at the records of which settlements were attacked.

"No way, the kobold not only has a strong sense of territory, but also refuses to negotiate. So the only option we want to gain a foothold in this area is to kill all the kobold lairs in the sub-region."

Saifeier looked at another record and said. "In fact, we are already in a very good situation now. Although the surrounding kobolds believe in the evil dragon goddess. But the goddess often doesn't care about these dirty kobolds in his eyes."

After listening to the discussion between Lawrence and Syfiel, Nora suddenly appeared next to them and said.

"So we now have an absolute advantage in the struggle in the transcendental realm, at least after the establishment of everyone's temporary church, we can have early warning of those attacks."

"It would be great if there is an early warning." Lawrence nodded. This kind of early warning is very important, especially in the face of irregular harassment by these monsters, so as to prevent everyone from getting too tired.

In fact, according to statistical data, in many cases, the core reason people give up on pioneering is not that they cannot defeat those enemies, but that the enemy's harassment tactics prevent them from normal life and production, and finally make the colony lose money for a long time.

"But our plan may need to be changed. At least the initial plantation development plan must be put a little later." Nora shrugged helplessly and said.

"Because for me now, the farther away from Neuschauer Island, the more troublesome it is to project various powers. It is already the limit to maintain the various shrines and the surroundings of the church through the ocean. Expand your power to the plantation where the land is sparsely populated."

After all, things like shrines are not effective after being made of stone or wood, and they must become the core of faith to a certain extent.

Therefore, in the case of a limited population, this type of facilities in a region is limited.

For example, the number and level of intelligent creatures in the series of settlements built by Lawrence and the others can only maintain the existence of such a facility and maintain the safety of the residence.

"Then what should we do here next?" Saifei looked at Nara and asked curiously. "If it is not possible to establish plantations to recruit manpower, how can this area recruit more manpower?"

There is a very contradiction here, because from the facts just now, a problem can be seen, that is, it will be difficult for those god-related facilities to control a larger area if they cannot recruit enough manpower.

But from another point of view, the space that is now too small for everyone to control is too small, and it can't support more manpower.

"We can do something else. After all, we now have only a few settlements. Except for those tropical cash crop plantations that are universal throughout the region, these places can actually carry out some other industries."

"Are you talking about fisheries or aquaculture?" After thinking about the location of those lands, Lawrence suddenly came up with a certain possibility. "I remember we seemed to have studied this aspect before."

"It's mainly aquaculture industry, because this sea area does not have many ferocious creatures due to the relatively shallow water. It is just suitable for breeding some aquatic creatures."

Nora nodded. "Of course, it's different from where we farmed fish. The shallow waters here are more suitable for cultivating some edible algae or molluscs like shells."

"In addition to ~www.ltnovel.com~ because this area is close to the center of the Yanzhou west coast coastline, there is fresh water and food at the same time. So it can be a very good supply point."

"But the problem is that there is no big ship in this place." After hearing Nora said this, Lawrence asked a question of his own.

"If there is no good pier, how can it be possible to attract foreign merchant ships or passenger ships and other ocean-going vessels to come over."

"This point is actually quite easy to solve, because those jackals discovered that there is a natural harbor more than sixty kilometers north." Nora said.

"It's just that that place is now occupied by a certain dragon monster, so I plan to go over and talk to that monster after everyone is settled."

In this world, there is a difference between intelligent races and non-intelligent races. But sometimes extraordinary powers will break the difference.

This is especially true for dragon monsters. The blood of dragons often allows them to have an IQ no less than that of humans. That's why Nora said that she hoped that the extraordinary creature could leave the bay that it occupied by peaceful means.