Struggle in the Steam Age

Lawrence himself is naturally not very satisfied with the current construction level of the entire settlement. After all, he came from a place that could build a hospital with complete facilities and a reasonable structure within ten days. So from his point of view, all these facilities and rules can only be described as rudimentary, and if there is a chance in the future, they must all be updated.

But Lawrence's subordinates and subordinates didn't think so. Especially those people recruited from the local area highly admired what Lawrence had done. For they knew from the tales of their fathers and grandparents the terrible death rate when outsiders colonized such places.

So when they came here before, everyone was actually prepared to die. But I didn't expect that under the command of Lawrence, the death rate of this colony can be said to be very small compared to other regions.

Therefore, Lawrence won the approval of most of the people in this short period of half a month. Because of this, the promotion of his next order was much smoother than before.

After collectively cleaning up the vegetation growing on the original fields and re-leveling the land, land reclamation has become the focus of everyone's work at this stage. Considering the huge per capita land area and the tight cash situation of most people, it is definitely inappropriate to divide the land like this.

After all, apart from Lawrence's original friends, retainers and their families, the Old Continent residents who are willing to follow Lawrence here are basically poor people with family difficulties and want to come here to make a fortune. And those locals can even be described as abject poverty.

So after consideration, Lawrence decided to establish a large agricultural company here. Like those factories before him, Lawrence, as the main investor, holds the bulk of the shares, and the remaining part of the shares will be distributed to all agricultural workers, but they can only receive dividends from it, and cannot trade these shares.

Like the previous factory, all workers expressed their heartfelt support for Lawrence's distribution plan. After all, working in other places in this world can only get wages and bonuses, and no boss is willing to share the company's dividends with his employees.

I should be counted as the people's richest man! Looking at the company's establishment contract with everyone's handprints on it, Lawrence thought narcissistically in Nora's white eyes. Although there is not much money now, the future is always bright.

Just thinking about it, there was a sound of metal knocking outside. Looking for the reputation, Lawrence saw two times on the two wooden platforms on the main road of the settlement, there were some people in robes knocking on the metal plates hanging on those platforms. Then many of the laborers who finished their work entered the two simple rooms with wooden tables.

In fact, these two humble rooms are the chapels of the Church of Knowledge and the Church of Agriculture. For a new colony, the people need not only material wealth, but also spiritual comfort.

Therefore, when the Agricultural Church Technical Steering Group who came to help proposed to build an Agricultural Church, Lawrence gave them enough support and help. After all, this colony is mainly agricultural production, so the Agricultural Church is naturally here. Indispensable facilities of the colony.

The other church is the church of the God of Knowledge. Leaving aside the importance of education to the development of a region, the relationship between Lawrence himself and the Church of Knowledge makes the church of the Church of Knowledge indispensable to this territory. place of worship.

After learning that Lawrence became the earl who owned the island as a fief, the Church of Knowledge directly appointed Lawrence's father as the regional bishop of New Sauer Island and the itinerant bishop of Star Sea. In addition, a total of 15 volunteers were recruited from St. Gutenberg Cathedral in Eagle Fort and St. Sklodowska Cathedral in Sea of ​​Stars to bring their families to the island to build churches.

For example, Priest Peter, Lawrence's friend in Eagle Fort, persuaded his girlfriend's family to come to this island. He thought it would be difficult for a priest like him who had just become an extraordinary person to stay in a big city like Eagle Bao. Progress, so after hearing that Lawrence decided to open up a new territory on the island, he was the first to sign up to open up wasteland.

This should be a good thing for Lawrence, because the memory of his previous life told him that no matter when and under what circumstances, it is a very, very bad thing for a family to dominate. So after the Church of Agriculture set up camp in this territory, it is also a very good thing that the Church of Knowledge can form a balance here.

Of course, in this world that truly has gods, what the church does cannot be just praying and copying scriptures. For example, in addition to the daily necessary prayers, the clergy of the Church of Knowledge are also responsible for opening temporary night schools at night to help those who are willing to learn to eliminate illiteracy, and organizing some old people to help guide them during the day when the adults are working. Children, and help those citizens to promote Lawrence's policy.

The work of the clergy of the Agricultural Church is even more tiring. Except for those who take turns to help in the temporary church every day, most of them have to go deep into the fields to directly guide production. And after coming back at night, I will not be free, and I still need to sort out a lot of records recorded during the daytime work.

That is, relying on this approach, those Orthodox churches have great prestige among the people. So after these churches settled in this territory, most of the uneasiness caused by the people in the territory because of coming to a new place disappeared at once.

You must know that not every island in the Sea of ​​Stars has an Orthodox church. In this dangerous world, the Orthodox Church often has the ability and role to protect one side. Just like there used to be only a small altar of the God of Travel and Exploration, Mount Dakor, on the island of New Sauer. Only one or two months of each year will there be priests who travel in this area to be stationed in this area for a short time. That's all.

Therefore, although these two small churches can be regarded as extremely simple in Lawrence's eyes, they have already satisfied those people who came from the small town on the other side of the island.

Dinner is now served, and everyone is lined up for tableware. Ten minutes later, the brief prayer ended. A middle-aged woman shouted loudly at the door of the restaurant, and at the same time knocked on another metal plate. After hearing the signal for dinner, everyone started to gather at the restaurant with tableware.

In the dining room, a long table made of mud and wood boards separates the kitchen and dining room. Standing on the side of the restaurant, you can see several large iron pots lined up on the stove in the kitchen, which are stewed with bacon and vegetables and cassava porridge with diced salted fish. On the stove on the side, there are several iron racks, on which the fresh prey and fish caught today are roasted.

At this time, the leaders who came back from work took their iron plates and lined up on the side of the long table in order, and then walked past the long table with their plates and showed today's iron plates. Work point card made. The stout women who worked as cooks gave them choices according to the numbers reported by the people who checked the bill boards, and finally spooned the dishes they selected onto their plates.

After finishing the dishes, they will receive a bowl of soup made from seafood and edible seaweed picked up on the beach or a cup of sugar salt water at the other end of the long table, and then a large bowl of rice or tapioca bread . In addition, because of the existence of a large number of tropical fruits around, everyone can get a piece of fruit.

For example, because a banana grove with ripe bananas was found today, the fruit distributed was two yellow bananas per person.

At least according to Lawrence's survey these days, most people are still very satisfied with the meals provided by the canteen. And this also greatly improves the labor efficiency of everyone from the other side.