Struggle in the Steam Age

After dealing with matters related to his lifelong events, Lawrence began to really investigate this plain that he had controlled. Although the entire island belongs to Lawrence in terms of ownership, the colonies that have been opened up before may not be willing to accept his rule that way.

After all, those people have been here for dozens of hundreds of years, and they have also established a series of interest relationships of their own. Naturally, outsiders like Lawrence are not welcome to divide their rights and wealth.

So for Lawrence, if you don't want to fight a civil war first, then the most important thing now is to manage this piece of land as his fundamental land. Then he tried a little bit to unite the other settlements on the island under his command. If you want to manage the land well, then a good plan in advance is essential.

After checking the information and field investigation, Lawrence spent three days to figure out the current situation of Niujiao Bay where he is now, and he also had a certain estimate and judgment on the future development direction.

Looking at the entire area of ​​Niujiao Bay, the plain is about 2,100 square kilometers if you count the small flatlands in the mountains. Although it is close to the sea, the land is not barren due to the rivers bringing in a lot of organic matter from the upper reaches. Especially those land that is one or two kilometers away from the coastline can be regarded as fertile land.

Only according to the recommendations of the agricultural church working group that arrived not long ago, only 700 square kilometers of this land is suitable for cultivated land, even if the agricultural facilities such as orchards or economic forests that do not need to be built on flat land are added for overall reclamation. The area is not recommended to exceed half of the entire plain.

But this is enough for Lawrence, because even the most optimistic estimate is that the number of recruits now will not exceed 20,000. It also includes a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot do heavy physical work and need to do other things. Handicraftsmen and soldiers of things. On average, each person can own more than 50 acres of land, which is more than 20 times the average land of Lawrence's old family in his previous life.

In addition, the rat people also helped to explore the minerals in the mountains after setting up camp in the cave. As a result, in addition to finding a small shallow coal mine and a marble mine of average texture, the only valuable thing left in the mountain is massive limestone.

In short, this site, like the island, is a fairly good site on the whole, at least capable of developing traditional agricultural planting. But the most fashionable industries are basically unable to develop.

Of course, these ambitions must be carefully said to be things to be done in the future. The most important thing now is to clean up all the insecure factors on this plain by defeating the remaining prestige of the goblin army, and then reclaim the land that was previously cultivated by humans.

This type of work actually started when Lawrence led the team to the north to block the entrance and exit of this plain. For example, Knight Joseph took part of the guards and volunteers from the militia on the goblin tribe on this plain. It was a slashing blow, because of Nora's aerial reconnaissance before, the process went very smoothly.

At the end of Lawrence's expedition, Knight Joseph had already completed the attack on all the tribes on this plain. According to the telegram he sent, there are now no organized goblins on the entire Niujiaowan Plain. Then, just stay vigilant and avoid being attacked by sporadic goblins.

In addition, Fatina also sent a letter to tell Lawrence that a tribe of more than 300 goblins tried to enter the plain from the other side of the mountain through the caves where they are now, but was wiped out by them with zero casualties.

In other words, the security issue here has basically been resolved. The passages that penetrate here from the outside world have also been blocked. Then everyone can build this land with one mind.

In fact, when Lawrence returned from the Ratman, he found that the previous settlement had completely become a large construction site, and when he returned here after completing the inspection of the territory, according to the plan, the first batch of completed buildings should be constructed. The thing has been successfully completed.

Of course, these first buildings will certainly not be Lawrence’s residences. As a lord eager to build a territory, efficiency is paramount, he will not use manpower and material resources on such a project that is not urgently needed now.

Therefore, at this time, the buildings standing in the middle of the circle of wooden walls except for a double-storey wooden building that was built at the beginning as an office. The only newly constructed buildings are warehouses, kitchens, public toilets and public bathrooms.

After all, as the first scholar in the world to put forward the theory of microbial pathogenicity and make a great contribution to epidemic prevention, Lawrence would naturally not forget this type of issue when he established his own territory. In particular, the overall climate of this island is a tropical ocean climate, which is more convenient for the spread of certain infectious diseases.

Therefore, various sanitation facilities and food sanitation-related facilities will naturally be listed by him at the forefront of the construction sequence, because the history of the two worlds has told him a cruel fact, that is, if left alone, these The mortality rate of immigrants to the tropics is often as high as 50% or more.

Of course, even so, these buildings are just temporary buildings. All houses are made of steel components purchased in the empire to build a frame first, and then the trees cut down during the restoration of the farmland are dismantled by the steam saw that was transported ashore to build the walls and roofs, and finally mixed with asphalt Sawdust fills the gaps between the planks.

The asphalt came from a marshland not far away from the beach and not far from the sea. It was discovered by the crew of the Enterprising when they were cruising. Later, some people from the port were sent there to collect natural asphalt for use. Construction work.

The supporting facilities inside are even more rudimentary. The only bricks and cement are used in the construction of septic tanks, reservoirs and kitchen stoves ~www.ltnovel.com~ so that most of the rooms There is only rammed ground inside. As for the furniture, there are only tables made of scraps of wood that have never been seen before, and temporary stools made of stumps and stones.

Even Lawrence's own room is no exception. The only furniture in his office that can be called the cause of furniture is only five or six safes that he temporarily used as tables and cabinets and chairs made up of broken wooden boards.

In fact, when we started, many people suggested that Lawrence bring a set of furniture and decorations that fit the identity, but he rejected it. Compared with those items that demonstrate identity, he is more willing to use those deadweight tonnage to carry something useful for developing the island.

As for identity, Lawrence believes that what can show his identity should be what he has done without relying on those foreign objects. And his appearance is recognizable enough, and there is no need to rely on other things to make people remember him.

In addition to the large-scale construction, in order to block the diseases that may be transmitted by his mosquitoes, Lawrence installed a large number of insect repellents and mosquito nets on the first batch of boats for various mosquitoes. Avoid large-scale outbreaks of diseases such as malaria or meningitis.

However, only material preparations are definitely imperfect, so Lawrence also formulated a simple rule to require everyone to follow. For example, it is not allowed to eat raw food, and it is not allowed to eat any rotten food. You must go to a designated place to urinate and defecate. Do not urinate anywhere. Wash your hands before eating and drinking, take a bath after work, and a series of hygiene rules.

Fortunately, the previous victory Lawrence won gave him enough prestige, so everyone still accepted these rules. The fact that the number of such patients was at least 90% less than that of other new colonies after the rules were run for more than ten days has made everyone accept this set of even somewhat cumbersome rules from the bottom of their hearts.