Struggle in the Steam Age

There are 16 islands belonging to the Algarve Empire on the Star Sea. However, considering that the offshore islands are habitually regarded as part of the empire's homeland, each party only asked the other party to surrender the four islands and archipelagos scattered throughout the Star Sea, and at the same time carry out a purge on the inside.

In fact, the value of the four islands themselves is not high, in terms of the location of these islands and the level of industry above them. After taking over, it is a blessing to be able to make a little money. In most cases, it is quite possible to keep the island’s economy on the same level. If you are unlucky and encounter typhoons and other situations, you are likely to lose money.

But for those countries, once the islands are acquired, it can be very beneficial to national security. Because of the current state of the Algarve Empire, these distant sea islands have actually completely lost control, and then turned into filthy dens under the management of those warlords who control the islands.

At least according to the materials found by the various forces in the conference, these islands and archipelagoes have now basically been reduced to the largest black market and pirate dens in the surrounding area. For example, the information submitted by the Governor of Vieques shows that if the pirate dens on Pine Island can be resolved, the surrounding pirate attacks can be reduced by at least 2/3.

The New Continent Republic also stated that another small archipelago that belongs to the Algarve Empire east of the enclave in the middle of the New World has become the biggest cancer on the line of communication. At least 70 pirate ships are in that island as the home port. Activities on the route. The navy of the Republic cannot completely eliminate these enemies every time because of the territorial problems of these islands.

"Seriously, I feel that the Algarve Empire feels completely rotten now, no matter what aspect it is." After Lawrence recounted the content of the negotiation, Syfiel, who had been engaged in the reception of new immigrants before, whispered. .

"Those immigrants told me that if they didn't flee, the local warlords would expropriate all their wealth, and even force them to serve as soldiers or civilians in the army."

"So, changing the owners of these islands is at least a good thing for ordinary people on the islands." Lawrence said after changing his position on the recliner. "And based on my information from the negotiation site, the Algarve Empire surrendered these islands very easily."

The reason why the other party gave up the islands so quickly is also very simple. It is because their government can no longer control those islands. So the Algarve Empire just tried to borrow a sum of money under the pretext of these islands, and then chose to completely admit the counsel and publicly issued a statement to abandon those islands.

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"But now everyone is still negotiating because of the distribution of these islands." Nora, who had been helping Lawrence to receive those telegrams before, said, "because every country hopes that the newly acquired islands can be closer to their own. Other territories, so there are a series of territorial exchange issues."

According to the information sent by the negotiating team, this kind of territorial exchange even involves the third-party Erythian Empire that did not participate in the matter. Under such circumstances, even if the various churches are doing their best to mediate, it is still an extremely complicated matter to re-divide these territories.

"Then what kind of remuneration can we get this time?" Saifei asked somewhat curiously, because she now mainly manages things related to the construction of people's livelihood on the island, so she doesn't understand these diplomatic-related content. "Did you get more money from the settlement of the Sahua murloc after the last battle?"

"It's not easy to say." Lawrence shook his head and said, "But considering that the lord of Pine Island betrayed the civilized world this time, it was mainly we stabbed at the beginning, and we also have the Holy Visby Empire and various churches behind us. As support. So at least in public, they should pay me the most."

In the next few days, Lawrence and the others took a good rest. For example, these days they spent a lot of time fishing, sunbathing on the beach, or going to the jungle for picnics. Obviously, a good rest after a period of intense work is good for people's physical and mental health.

But a week later, a telegram from the capital of the Holy Visby Empire ended their vacation. This telegram comes from the Imperial Mint of the Holy Visby Empire, and the content tells Lawrence that the currency that Lawrence had previously entrusted them to manufacture has been printed and minted, and it has now been shipped to New Sauer Island by a ship.

"It seems that they are moving very fast." After receiving the telegram, Lawrence was very satisfied with the actions of the Empire Mint, and then raised his head to ask Nora who was sitting on the cabinet and writing and drawing on a piece of paper. "By the way, is the underground vault that Fatina and the others repaired for us now repaired?"

"Not yet, but it has been two or three days." Nara rolled up the document in her hand and said. "Actually, the mouse people’s engineering team had dug a vault 10m below the surface under the city bank yesterday, but their alchemists need to cast spells to impose some protection on our vault. Spells."

Rat people are very good at digging holes, and many of them are good at alchemy. Therefore, the construction of the treasury of the bank on the island was naturally entrusted to the rat people, so that they could complete the construction of this important underground treasury of the bank without having to find a large group of people to do it.

After all, the fewer people involved in the construction of a place like a bank vault, the better, so that it can be as confidential as possible.

In addition to digging holes, Lawrence also ordered a batch of metal armor plates and a series of necessary facilities for vaults similar to armored doors from the White Eagle Federation. Moreover, the ship loaded with these equipment had set off from Eagle Fort port three days ago. If there is no accident, the ship will enter the Port of New Sauer the day after tomorrow.

"Oh, that's right! Fatina asked me to tell you that this project has to add money." Nara took out a list from her arms and flew down from the cabinet to Lawrence, and said at the same time. "Because the area where we chose the port has only two meters of mud on the surface, and very hard rock underneath, it is not easy to make a hole in this kind of place."

"Let me see-155 spellcasts!" Lawrence's eyes widened at the first glance after seeing the list. As a spellcaster, he certainly knew how expensive it was to cast spells. Fortunately, after a careful look at the list, he found that these spells were mainly the result of some low-level magic props ~www.ltnovel.com~ so they were still within the expected range.

"In addition to these spells, the rats also used a lot of potions that can dissolve rocks to loosen the rocks. And these potions are not cheap at all." Nora shook her head and said, "Otherwise, what do you think they do? Only by relying on such a handful of hands to dig out such a large underground space in such a short time."

The result is that the quotation that Lawrence and the others got now is 50% higher than previously expected, but considering that they just dug a hole in the stone that can accommodate the entire vault and a series of ancillary facilities, they opened Such a price can be said to be very kind.

"There is also good news, that is, Fatina said that the rats don't need much cash." Nora added. "They hope to use this money for material purchases, because some rat people have recently immigrated to the island and they have expanded their space inside the mountain a while ago, so they consume a lot of things. Recently, the materials are indeed out of stock. hand."

"Let me see, oil lamp, fish oil, pickaxe suitable for mouseman size, shovel-no problem, these islands can be produced. Then they can go to the factory to pick up these things directly after they will pay the bill." Lawrence points Nodded, "But the steam engine may have to wait, you need to order it from the White Eagle Federation."