Struggle in the Steam Age

For Lawrence, he does have a very important matter now. That is about the future industry of the Cruz Islands and the planning of the entire economy.

The biggest difficulty is that because the population is seriously underpopulated, Lawrence and the others have no way to let these islands maintain their original habit of growing sugar cane.

"We can plant some spice crops in the core area, and the rest can be planted with corn, cassava or coconut plants that can be used as food."

On the boat, Nora studied carefully for a long time after receiving the materials given by the Church of Agriculture. Then he took the map and talked to Lawrence.

"After all, a lot of water conservancy projects have been built on the island to grow sugar cane, so it is not difficult for us to change the use of those lands. We only need to simply replace the crops planted on it." Pointing to the share that was used by myself Maps marked in various colors, the little puppet said happily.

"This is indeed good news." Looking at the land with different uses divided by the dolls in different colors on the map, Lawrence felt that his mood suddenly became much better.

At least compared with the rough road and blue strands on New Sauer Island before, compared with the state of Kaishan forest. The foundation of the new territory is obviously much better, which also means that the resources that need to be invested in the future are much less.

And this kind of saving is very important to Lawrence. After all, he can't finish developing the territory near New Shaw Island in a short while, let alone everything needed for the development of new territories. Therefore, he believes that the Cruz Islands can develop slowly, at least in a short period of time, as long as they maintain self-sufficiency.

However, based on the conclusions drawn from the analysis of the little puppet, Lawrence felt that his goal could be improved on the basis of the original. After all, after omitting most of the investment required for infrastructure construction, Lawrence felt that this new territory should be profitable in the first year.

After returning to New Shaw Island, the first thing Lawrence did was to resettle the group of workers who followed him into a temporary resettlement area.

After all, these people are relatively weak because of the oppression of the warlord before, and even if there were not enough doctors on board, Lawrence felt that there might be more than a dozen patients who would not be able to reach their destination.

After arranging these new immigrants, Lawrence went to his current office as quickly as possible. Because he received a letter on the way, saying that the church had some important matters to discuss with him.

So after docking, he immediately asked Nora to inform those church members to hold a meeting in his office.

"The situation is actually like this. A new round of civilization expedition is about to start, so some expeditionary forces may pass by around our island. I think we can provide them with some supplies." After everyone arrived, Lan Mr. Burt said directly to Lawrence.

"Of course, this is what it should be, and with our capabilities, we may be able to do more for this war than just providing supplies." Lawrence nodded and said.

The Civilization Expedition is a large-scale joint war in which various intelligent races attack or defend against those wilderness races in order to defend civilization. It's just that the civilized races in the early years were mainly defensive, and it has only become offensive in the past 30 to 40 years.

At the very least, this kind of war must mobilize the civilized race forces of a continent, and at the highest level, it can mobilize most of the civilized races in the world at the same time. At the same time, it must communicate with each country and which gods within the range before the war. Therefore, the Civilization Expedition is also the largest and highest-level war waged by the civilized races in the world.

Considering that a war is not only about the soldiers on the front line, it also requires a lot of logistics and transportation. Therefore, this kind of compulsory mobilization order is based on the country as the unit.

Just considering the issue of colonies and overseas territories, so on this issue, those territories that are not on the same continent as the mother country will be attached to the surrounding countries in the war.

In this kind of war, every civilized country will send its own army to participate, because this is a war that belongs to the entire civilized race. So no one can be an exception in such a war. The reason why Lawrence doesn't need to participate in this war now is also very simple, that is, he is a pioneer lord.

Originally, according to the decree of the White Eagle Federation, in addition to the core National Defense Forces, each state also needs to send its own National Guard to join the war.

For example, Lawrence's territory is now attached to the White Eagle Federation, so according to the mobilization decree of the White Eagle Federation, territories like them should also send their own troops.

But pioneering territories like Lawrence are different from ordinary lands. Because the pioneering lords are all located at the junction of civilization and barbarism, they need to fight those wilderness races or dangerous beasts on a daily basis.

Therefore, traditionally, unless it is a defensive war fought around one's own territory, otherwise, even in this kind of civilization expedition, these troops from the pioneering territory will not be compulsorily recruited.

In other words, neither the former Governor of Vieques Island nor the current New Shaw Island where Lawrence is located need to provide their own troops for this war. This is because according to common sense, these armies need to guard against those wilderness races at all times, so it is not suitable to leave the territory to participate in the expedition.

Of course, developing territories isn't permanent either. With the development of intelligent races, a large number of developed territories were gradually wrapped up by newly developed territories. And in this case, those old pioneering territories will naturally lose their original status as pioneering territories and become ordinary territories.

However, unlike most territories on land, the territories located on islands are all counted as developed territories, except for those territories that are very close to the coastline or surrounded by certain intelligent underwater race nations. Because these territories face the attack of various dangerous marine life all the time.

However, the need to open up territories does not need to send troops in this war does not mean that they have no obligation in the war, they need to participate in this war in other ways. For example, according to the conditions of each territory, provide a part of wealth or materials, or even provide part of the labor force for non-combat positions.

In theory, Lawrence can now also be exempted from this part of the obligation. Because New Sauer Island is a newly developed territory, according to the regulations among intelligent races, most of the obligations of those territories can be exempted within the first ten years of new territory development, including the provision of materials for non-local defense operations. obligation.

But sometimes things don't just simply follow the rules and regulations. For example, for Lawrence, at this time, it is very meaningful to pay a little extra and try to gain the favor of the people around him. Because only by doing more homework like this at ordinary times, more people will be willing to help you when you encounter some troublesome problems.

"By the way, which country is the army passing by us?" After simply agreeing to the request of these priests, Lawrence suddenly thought of something and asked.

After all, during the civilization expedition, those civilized races will be mobilized in a unified manner, so the troops who come to the island may not be assigned to the White Eagle Federation side, so it is best to ask some things clearly.

"The main ones passing through us are a group of companies from the Elysian Empire and several islands that are attached to the Erythian Empire." A priestess of the Fortune Church took out a small book and said after looking at it. "There are about 2,000 people in this group, and they will take ten transport ships to the Elysion Empire under the escort of three warships."

There are not many big islands like Nova Sauer in this sea area. Therefore, the elite troops that can be drawn from each small island in the war are only two to three hundred.

Therefore, when it is time to join the civilization expedition, the owners of these islands naturally chose to march in groups to ensure safety when mobilizing their troops.