Struggle in the Steam Age

"This is really a beautiful city!" Sitting in the carriage, Lawrence and Safir looked out through the glass of the window.

The first impression of this city is that it is very clean and tidy, and at the same time full of beauty. It is worthy of being the holiday resort chosen by the nobles of the old continent at a glance.

Just on the way from the pier to the city center, Lawrence and the others discovered that the road here is actually a stone road that only those old big cities have.

On both sides of the road, there are stone flower beds, wrought iron street lamps, beautiful wooden benches and marble statues every ten meters. Even the ground is made up of various patterns with beautiful small stone flakes and broken glass pieces.

And these beautiful streets that seem to even inspire some artists to create are just the most inconspicuous part of the periphery of the entire city.

As the carriage gradually moved towards the city center, some small red brick buildings with three or four floors began to appear on the side of the road. These small buildings have many decorative panels carved with marble, statues and bright glass windows, coming towards the road. Pedestrians coming and going display a variety of goods and services.

Besides that, every other distance there is a square of different size but equally beautiful. There are flying pigeons in the square, fountains gushing from the statues in the pool, and some neatly dressed street artists.

From time to time, some well-dressed gentlemen or ladies will stand next to these artists to enjoy their performances, and at the same time put a coin into the container in front of them.

Because it is inland, there are many mountains around to block the cold current and it is also located by the lake. So the climate of this city is also very good, except that it is sometimes a bit cold in winter, everything is fine in this place.

At least compared to most areas of the Federation, the temperature here is kept at a relatively comfortable temperature for most of the year. It is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer. The air is neither dry nor humid, and there are no natural disasters.

And it wasn't until he chatted with the person who came to pick him up that Lawrence knew that the so-called Sword Bay City was actually composed of two urban areas that hardly interfered with each other.

One of them is the current important tourist city, while the other is the industrial city located more than ten kilometers away from the city's downwind and mainly engaged in various light industries, especially the food processing industry.

Such an arrangement is actually a very reasonable arrangement, after all, the development of industry will inevitably cause a lot of pollution. Although in this world, because of the existence of extraordinary power, the group of druids developed a large number of extraordinary plants for pollution, but some peculiar smells and some smoke are still unavoidable.

Therefore, due to environmental considerations, this Sword Bay is naturally divided into two urban areas that are far apart. Because only in this way can the entire city not only obtain the untold wealth brought by industry, but also meet the travel and leisure needs of those noble tourists.

It has to be said that this arrangement also makes this part of the city for travelers look extraordinarily beautiful. To Lawrence at least, the city was the most beautiful he had ever seen.

Compared with this city, although it is far more prosperous than Eagle Fort or Rondinium, it is still more suitable for people to live in.

On the other hand, the city has been in a safe environment since it was built. Occasional murloc raids will not affect the tranquility of the city.

As for other wilderness creatures, after a series of industrial and agricultural development around the city, they are basically out of control. Scattered single-digit goblins or gnolls can't affect the safety of this place at all, but can make the nobles who travel here Show their valor to their mates.

Therefore, many people from the White Eagle Federation or those chaotic countries in the south hope to settle down here and buy a property. As a result, this naturally drives up prices and house prices in the region.

To give the simplest example, if you spend the money you can buy an apartment of more than 100 square meters in Eagle Fort in a neighborhood of the same grade, you can buy a small house of no more than 20 square meters at most.

On the way, Reina's son Bach proudly introduced the city to Lawrence and the others. "This city is not only a resort city, but also an academic city."

"For example, the most famous Miska University in the extraordinary world of the Federation is located in the Miska Forest not far from this city."

"For this reason, in addition to deploying a group of standing troops here, the Federation has also deployed a large number of police and superhuman management agencies in this area. As a result, Sword Bay City has naturally become the best in the entire Federation. One of several cities."

"Misca University?" After listening to Safir's introduction, Safir approached Lawrence and asked. "I seem to have heard you talk about this university, and that the proportion of troublemakers who come out of this university is very high."

"You remember correctly, I did say it." Lawrence also brought his mouth to Safir's ear at this time. "For example, during the period when I was in contact with the extraordinary world, I encountered two incidents caused by professors from this university, and each time the incident was not a trivial matter. It belongs to the kind that once the control is not good, the whole A city will be gone."

Although Lawrence has been complaining to Safir about the trouble-making habits of the teachers and students at Miska University, he also knows that this is a characteristic of this university.

In fact, if you carefully investigate the superhuman institutions in the New World, you will quickly find that these institutions in the New World are often more radical than those in the Old World.

Of course, choosing this strategy is also a last resort. After all, compared with those countries and organizations in the Old World, these countries and organizations in the New World are still a bit weaker.

If organizations like the church can still get some support from the Old Continent, then all kinds of secular organizations that have nothing to do with gods can only rely on themselves.

In this case, each organization can only obtain more knowledge or resources through some more radical strategies. Because only in this way can they guarantee to gain sufficient advantages in various competitions.

However, corresponding to some serious problems brought about by the radical strategy, at least in terms of the casualty rate of organizational personnel, the casualty rate on the New World side is obviously higher than that on the Old World.

But this kind of sacrifice was finally successful. At least the three great powers of the Northland of the New World were no less than those of the ancient countries of the Old World in terms of extraordinary power.

While Lawrence and Safir were talking, the carriage had passed through the whole city and arrived at the door of a small villa in the suburbs.

As a city engaged in holiday tourism, Jianwan City naturally has residences suitable for people from all walks of life for vacation or long-term residence. These homes range from the basics of modern modern apartments to grand mansions with large estates.

And now the small villa that Lawrence and the others are going to live in is the spoils of Lawrence last time. It was originally the place where a certain warlord who colluded with the wilderness race planned to live after he accidentally stepped down one day. Later, it was distributed as compensation. Lawrence.

At the beginning, Lawrence planned to sell the villa for money. After all, he felt that it was basically impossible for him to live in this place, but no matter whether he lived or not, he would spend a considerable amount of money on maintenance every year.

But later, I considered that if I run so many industries here, there must be a place to entertain guests, so I finally decided to keep this place.

But now it seems that the previous decision was absolutely wise. At least now that they have this villa, Lawrence and the others have a very good foothold when they come here, instead of staying in hotels that are not only expensive but not necessarily comfortable.