Struggle in the Steam Age

After Safir briefly finished his report on the recent overall economic development of Nova Sauer Island, the carriage also left the port of Nova Sauer along a newly built gravel road. After driving for seven or eight minutes, it came to a After reaching the intersection, they turned west and drove to a small slope not far from the city. According to the plan, this place will be the seat of the new Earl's Court. So now this place is full of local residents who come to work because of the slack season.

"After this location, a modern permanent fortress with a fortification nature will be built." After getting off the car, Safir pointed to the busy construction site and said to Lawrence. "According to the point of view of Uncle Joseph, Commander of the Guards, and Grandpa Bayer, the housekeeper, setting the Earl's Mansion in this place can, on the one hand, gain a certain opportunity in the future urban development. On the other hand, it can also form a mutual relationship with the existing city. The state of cover is more conducive to the security of the territory."

Lawrence naturally understood the reason why the retainers were building a lot here, because according to the traditional point of view, it was an aristocratic territory. The location of the nobles is naturally the most important thing, and it is also the core of whether a territory can be stable. So now that everything in the territory has stabilized, the first thing they did was to build the Earl's Mansion.

Of course, Lawrence's retainers are all a group of traditional nobles of the Holy Visby Empire. Therefore, the most traditional habits were naturally adopted when building this kind of Earl's Mansion, which opened up the territory. According to this custom, the most important thing about Earl's Mansion besides its large space is that it can be used as a military fortress.

In fact, with the passage of time, there are not many such noble mansions even in the newly recovered territories of the Empire itself. Even the person who built this kind of mansion would be considered an old hat. Compared with building this kind of earthy and ugly military fortress, the local nobles have more modern mansions.

As for the safety issue, it is not something that the nobles need to consider, because Lawrence is the only noble who is willing to go directly to the wild area to open up fiefdoms in the past 10 years. And now it is popular among the nobility. The operation is that the nobles order their retainers to be responsible for all this, and they themselves will never go to such a place.

"It looks like the overall layout is good." Lawrence stood at a high place and commented on the busy construction site. At this time, the foundation of the Earl's Mansion has been dug, and the stone wall of the underground part has also begun to be built. Most importantly, considering that Lawrence himself is a spellcaster, there is still room for a possible arcane tower to be built near the Earl's Mansion.

Since reinforced concrete is not particularly good in durability, the entire castle is still built according to the traditional stone building method. Therefore, even if there are supernatural powers to help during the construction process, it will take 6-8 months for the entire building to be repaired. If you consider that most of the people on this agricultural island can only come out to work during the slack season, then this time will be greatly extended to one to one and a half years.

"It must be good. Your father, Mr. Lambert, specially wrote to the headquarters of the Church of Knowledge in the New World to ask them to help with the design." Safir said proudly. After all, although there are many mansions built by nobles, they can find knowledge There are definitely very few mansions specially designed by the church, and this matter is even worth recording in the genealogy for the nobles.

"So that's the case!" Lawrence also had a look of surprise on his face. As far as he knows, when it comes to building design, the top of the world is naturally the dragon clan, followed by elves and dwarves. After all, the age of this kind of long-lived species is placed there, and their accumulation in this area is naturally much stronger than that of short-lived creatures like humans.

However, under normal circumstances, humans generally would not invite these extraordinary races to help them design buildings. Not to mention their fees, there is no cheap one, and at the same time, a large amount of special materials produced by them need to be imported during construction. The most important problem is that the buildings designed by these creatures are all for their own race. Not necessarily suitable for humans.

When it comes to architectural design within the scope of human beings, it is natural that the Church of Knowledge with a lot of experience and knowledge is better at this. However, due to the nature of the Knowledge Church, most people can only find design institutes that are closely related to the Knowledge Church, and only a very small number of people can let the Church itself make a move. It is also because they have too few shots, so it is often regarded as an honor to obtain the design of the Church of Knowledge in the circle of nobles.

"But now this Earl's Mansion won't be able to be repaired in a while, right?" Lawrence looked at the busy construction site and asked Safir beside him after the excitement passed. "So the next big party will definitely not be held here, so where did you arrange the venue?"

"We have arranged the venue in a more distinctive place. Come with me, and I will show you." Nora said and motioned for Lawrence to follow her back to the avenue where she came just now, and then back to the place just now. When we came, we walked straight to the interior of the island to the west after going to the intersection.

The road looked like it had been used for a while, so Lawrence saw a lot of signs of use on the gravel road. And when they were walking, one or two freight wagons full of things or people often passed by on the road. If he remembered correctly, this road should lead to a place inside the plain. farm.

"Are you putting the banquet venue in the farm?" After walking on the road for five or six minutes, Lawrence asked Safir beside him. "Although I can proudly say that our farm is located on the surrounding islands, and even the entire New World belongs to the top farms, but it may still be a bit short of entertaining the group of nobles and rich people."

"You're right, so I'm just borrowing the places in those farms." Safir said with a smile. In her eyes, Lawrence has always been very smart and sure of everything, so she is right Lawrence felt a little surprised that he guessed wrong in this regard. "After all, the urban area is too small, and it will be very cramped to entertain those guests."

"So I simply chose to use the rice field that has been drained of water as the venue for this banquet." Speaking of this, Safiel gave Lawrence a white look and continued. "Compared with our simple, even shabby residences and offices. I think the tents and furniture we brought may be the only things that fit your countship."

"Uh, to be honest, I didn't expect to start socializing with only such a short time on the island." Lawrence said helplessly. "When I was in the empire, I also consulted specifically. Under normal circumstances, pioneering nobles like me would only visit the territory after a year, and only after two or three years would they gather together to visit. God knows why we came here So many people came to visit in only five months or so."

"What you're talking about is just an unwritten tradition. If you really want to talk about tradition, why don't you say that there were basically no nobles visiting this island before you came here." Safir said a little angrily. "Think about the virtues of those nobles. For them, understanding and tradition are just embellishments to show their status. These things are worthless when faced with interests."

"Uh--well, what you said makes sense." Lawrence shrugged helplessly, and he also heard Safiel's tone that he had been releasing her pigeons before and letting her be in charge of this matter Dissatisfied, so in order to avoid embarrassment, he quickly changed the subject and praised. "Actually, it's great that you decided to hold the party in the rice fields because the theme of the party is about the harvest, and it's very appropriate to have the party in the rice fields."

Of course, this praise is not nonsense. For the nobles, although the magnificent living room and exquisite tableware can arouse their inner fluctuations, they are only limited to their inner hearts. After all, that's how they usually live, so it's naturally impossible to have too many emotions.

Therefore, although this arrangement of Safir is the result of desperation, it is also a very fresh way of entertaining the group of nobles from a certain point of view. In addition, they can gain benefits here, so Lawrence thinks there should be no problem with this reception.