Great time travel

Chapter 23, Cyrenaica Colony

"...in the European continent in this era, except for Mycenae and Athens in the southern corner of the Greek peninsula, there are indeed no decent countries, but there are Celts, Germans, and Dorians everywhere. Other savage tribes of unknown race roamed about.

It is true that their weapons and organization are quite backward, and they probably don't even have metal swords. They can only be slaughtered in front of your machine guns, mortars, armored vehicles and helicopters.But after all, they have a large number of people, often a large tribe has tens of thousands of people.In the era of the Roman Republic in the second century BC, a full 30 Germans migrated south and broke into Gaul and Italy, beating the Romans to almost subjugate the country!
If you want to take root in the European continent, you have to take the risk of war with the local barbarians in the most vulnerable initial stage of colonization-of course, there is not necessarily a conflict, but at least there is a risk of war.

Indeed, if it is a frontal battle, no matter how many barbarian warriors there are, they are not opponents of modern warfare weapons.But in the dark forest, your heavy firepower can't be used at all, and it can't prevent them from sneaking, night attacking and ambush from morning to night. You only have more than 200 people, even if you count the newly bought Those female slaves were less than four hundred, and these female slaves and a considerable number of women and children were incapable of fighting.

What's more, your team is not even a real army, but ordinary peaceful citizens in Japan. They have not received any military training in the past, and they lack the experience and courage to kill people. They are almost completely incapable of fighting. Immigrants are far inferior to them—the violent elements in the "Worrying for the Country" organization basically followed Mr. Soichiro Takashiro, and those who followed you were basically ordinary citizens.

In this way, as long as the enemy can organize a successful sneak attack, or if any enemy is willing to risk [-] to [-] casualties, your small team may be in danger of falling apart... eh?How did the Greeks, Romans, and Western European countries in the Age of Discovery engage in maritime colonization?Don't just look at their bright side, don't forget that they encountered countless failures and setbacks in the process of establishing the colonial city-state, some were driven away in despair, and even the entire colonial city was destroyed Kill them all!They can afford to die, can you afford to die?
Moreover, although the Greeks and Romans were also of different races compared to the residents of the European continent, they were at least all white, and after a few generations of mixed blood, they became mutual.But you are people of the yellow race in East Asia, and you are incompatible with the aborigines of this land, and it is more difficult for you to integrate with each other... In short, it is not impossible for you to build a colonial city in the European continent, but the risk in the initial stage is real Too big, too many variables.Any unexpected failure and serious injury will bring disaster to your small and weak group.

On the contrary, in Cyrenaica, although the natural environment is relatively harsh, the strategic security environment is unique.First of all, the Mediterranean coast is an area where human civilization is relatively developed in this era, and the coastal resources are relatively complete and rich, and the Mediterranean itself provides conditions for convenient and cheap shipping; second, through the previous diplomatic deterrence and business exchanges in Crete and Egypt , we have established diplomatic relations with the only two neighbors; then, today’s Cyrenaica is deserted, and there are basically no difficult aborigines..."

As Wang Qiu concluded, he took out a map of the Mediterranean region, pointed to the location of Cyrenaica, and spoke confidently to the Japanese immigrants, "...according to Doraemon's use of mini-satellites and remote wireless According to the information obtained by man-machine aerial reconnaissance, according to the description in the book "History" by the ancient Greek scholar Herodotus, there seemed to be many barbaric tribes with strange customs on the land of Cyrenaica at that time. But at a distance from him There are still hundreds of years in that era, the [-]th century BC, which is now. The entire green mountain area in the north of Cyrenaica has almost no traces of human activities, only in sporadic oases hundreds of kilometers to the south, occasionally There are black-skinned nomads haunting.

This means that you can develop this unclaimed land of Cyrenaica with peace of mind, without having to deal with neighbors with ulterior motives from the very beginning, and you don’t have to use plots and battles to seize the land of survival from them—indeed, this The land is surrounded by deserts and oceans, and the products are not rich.But for your small group of only a few hundred people, this natural resource is still more than enough.

Moreover, from another point of view, first of all, the hot desert provides you with excellent protection, making it difficult for foreign troops to attack you from land.Secondly, the vast ocean provides you with convenient access, so that this colonial city remains open to the outside world and will not become isolated: food, timber, slaves, livestock... all these things can be obtained from the ocean trade. Obtained - the connections we made in Crete before can come in handy at this time, let the maritime overlord Minoa Kingdom become your import and export agent!
In addition, from the perspective of the overall strategy, Cyrenaica is located on the edge of the current Western civilized world, and can obtain various benefits through international exchanges, but avoids strife and struggle among major civilized countries, thus creating a A relatively favorable environment for development.

When you become full-fledged one day, you can use this place as the starting point of a great empire, and conquer the vast outside world step by step.Even if the development is not going well, or even encountered a catastrophe, and you are at the end of the road, you can still go to Egypt next door to try your luck, take refuge in Princess Carol and King Memphis, and ask them to reward you with a bite of food—believe The kind blond chick will surely say yes. "

Speaking of this, Wang Qiu shrugged again, "...Of course, if you have full confidence in your own fighting power and sacrifice spirit, and are willing to compete with the aborigines of the European continent, you think you can conquer them and turn them into If you want to be your own slave, then I too can take you to France or Italy to colonize, and pray to fate that you can go from one victory to another.

In addition, if you both want absolute safety and really hate the desert environment, we can also fly all the way to the South Pacific to find a picturesque tropical island with coconut groves and white sand beaches, and let you live there. Life in a paradise—for example, that Easter Island with its many stone statues is good.The land on that volcanic island is quite fertile, except for the sharks in the sea, there are no dangerous raptors and beasts, and it is guaranteed that the place is absolutely isolated from the world, and no outsiders will disturb it for at least 2000 years!
—Easter Island in Chile is one of the loneliest places in the world.This triangular volcanic island, famous for its giant stone statues, is located in the vast waters of the South Pacific Ocean, about 3700 kilometers away from the coast of South America.It is also quite remote from other islands in the Pacific, with the nearest inhabited island being Pitcairn, 2000 kilometers to the west.Since the first Polynesian immigrants arrived on Easter Island around 900 AD, it was not until 1722 that the second group of humans (British navigators) visited this lonely island...

"...Easter Island? Damn it! You want us to overpopulate and deforestation on the island like those indigenous islanders, to build a bunch of stone statues for fun, and to consume all the natural resources of the entire island. The desertification of the land, the extinction of trees, fish and shrimps, and the inability to escape, finally had to kill each other in this lonely cage, eating human flesh and drinking human blood? Are you so vicious?
Hey, don't look at me with such surprised eyes.I also watched an NHK science and education film before, about the collapse of Easter Island civilization..."

Miyamoto rolled his eyes in front of the police officer, and sighed with some frustration, "...In short, I understand what you mean. People must be self-aware, and how much food they have. And there are only such a group of people around me. The trash who have never seen blood and can't fight at all, before they are trained to be warriors who can fight for survival, they really can't tolerate any adventures... In this case, let's make a home in Cyrenaica Bar!"

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After unifying their thinking, the construction of the Cyrenaica colony by these Japanese immigrants was quickly fully launched.

First of all, in the dry and hot desert, the water source will always be the first element that determines the survival of human beings.

However, although the amount of precipitation in Cyrenaica is quite a lot (compared with the Sahara Desert), the rain comes and goes quickly, and it can't stay at all, and the riverbed on the surface is all dry.Wang Qiu and the others managed to find a small river that hadn't dried up, and they could only see a mass of thick-colored mud rolling between the river banks. Fortunately, the smell was so strong that it could be smelled from a long distance away, otherwise it would be mistaken for It's chocolate!
Fortunately, although Cyrenaica's surface water cannot be counted on, the groundwater content is still very rich-in the canyons of the "Green Mountain", there are some springs scattered here and there.Each spring is actually a small mountain lake that relies on natural rainfall and underground rivers to replenish water.

Therefore, the traversers used Doraemon's magical props to dig several water diversion tunnels between the cliffs, lead the clear spring water to the settlements by the sea, and install a filtration and purification system, which initially solved the problem of water use in the colonies. question.

Secondly, after having sufficient clean water, it is necessary to solve the food source problem of the Cyrenaica colony.

Although these happy Japanese immigrants can easily obtain any food from sashimi to box lunch through the [chronological vending machines] provided by Doraemon, in order to be self-reliant and just in case, agriculture still must They did it—also relying on Doraemon’s magical props, the immigrants reclaimed a large area of ​​terraced fields on the seaside side of the Green Mountain, brought in spring water for irrigation, and planted more drought-tolerant barley, wheat, and corn. A small amount of rice that is more in line with Japanese tastes, as well as various fruits and vegetables such as grapes, radishes, cucumbers, onions, etc., and tried to grow Japanese favorite seaweed and kelp at the seaside...in order to finally achieve most of the Self-sufficiency in staple food and non-staple food.

Next, after having fields and water sources, it is naturally time to solve the housing problem.

Because even including the bought female slaves, the entire colony only has a total of more than 300 people, which is only equivalent to a modern village.Moreover, within the foreseeable future, there is no possibility of rapid population expansion in this colony.Therefore, Doraemon did not engage in any exaggerated urban planning, but gave the immigrants some assembly materials for future single-person houses, and let them find a place they like to build a house and settle down.

As a result, on the seaside terrace at the foot of the green mountain, a bunch of sci-fi mushroom-shaped houses soon appeared, scattered everywhere.These cute all-metal "mushroom houses" are painted with bright colorful paints, which are in stark contrast with the surrounding blue sea, tawny rocks and green bushes, full of gorgeous fairy tales color.

But the problem is that after you actually moved in, you pampered Japanese immigrants were immediately exposed to the scorching sun in the North African desert, and felt like you were living in a big steamer, so hot that you could hardly breathe.What's more terrible is that when the desert storm in the south rolled towards Cyrenaica with hot sand and dust, those "mushroom houses" that unfortunately didn't have a good site survey and couldn't build a shelter under the cliff were still there. It will be blown directly into the Mediterranean Sea by the terrifying sandstorm... Who would dare to live in such an uncomfortable and unsafe house?

As a result, these useless metal mushroom houses were soon temporarily idled by the distressed Japanese immigrants, and they turned to dig a more shady and safer underground residence in the mountain rock - relying on the magical props provided by Doraemon [Explosive basement], they quickly built a dungeon of astonishing scale, enough to accommodate thousands of people to live and live for a long time.Thereby avoiding the scorching sun on the surface and enjoying the refreshing shade.

Then, in order to welcome the Cretan merchant ships that might come to trade in the future, they built piers and warehouses, as well as lighthouses and a breakwater by the sea... Although it took two years to build construction projects in Cyrenaica. For more than a month, I didn't see a boat appearing on the sea.In addition, they also built a small hydropower station and a mini-tidal power station to make up for the lack of solar power.

Finally, after solving the basic survival problems of this colony, Miyamoto began to organize immigration and start a production movement, that is, to discover all the resources on this land and stuff them into Doraemon's [automatic pawn machine], In exchange for Japanese yen banknotes, so that you can buy things from the [chronological vending machine] - if you have been sitting and eating, no matter how many banknotes you have with you, you will spend them all one day.

In short, after three months of sweaty construction and hard work, a high-tech Cyrenaica colonial stronghold has begun to take shape.