Struggle in the Steam Age

According to the plan, the 350 volunteer immigrants brought by Lawrence this time were divided into 7 teams for every 50 people. Then allied with the native jackals and their vassal races, and built seven settlements.

For reasons of convenience and defense, five of these settlements were along the coast, and two others were on the banks of the largest river in the land.

It's just that the construction of these settlements has been accompanied by bloodshed and casualties from the beginning, because there are a large number of creatures distributed in large tracts of jungle, and these creatures are not very friendly to all invaders.

Compared with New Sauer Island, which also has a tropical rainforest climate, the density and danger of creatures in this area are much higher than those there.

The reason for this phenomenon is that this area is located on land and is not as isolated as an island, so it naturally has a stronger biodiversity. raise

To take the simplest example, there are no venomous snakes on Nova Sauer, and only a few species of mosquitoes. Therefore, the chance of encountering snakes and insects is very small when developing.

But this territory is not like this at all. Even though everyone has made various preparations in advance, during the construction process, more than 1/3 of the people had problems due to the attacks of various poisonous or diseased creatures.

Fortunately, Lawrence and the others have enough manpower, and they are also well prepared for medical logistics. So except for two people who unfortunately died, everyone recovered.

It is necessary to mention Nora's contribution here. If she hadn't mobilized a lot of resources and prepared a lot of holy water and magic spells, then the death toll could not have been so small.

In addition to those annoying poisonous animals and plants, some local wild races also brought them huge troubles.

After realizing that these teams that Lawrence waved did not pass by, but planned to stay and not leave. A large number of kobolds were organized and took turns to attack the fortified settlements.

Different from the common goblins before, this group of reptile monsters who may have dragon blood is obviously higher in civilization level, and they are naturally good at mining.

Therefore, compared with those goblins who go into battle with sticks and stones, this group of kobolds who can process metal and make a series of special weapons like javelins, crossbows, short swords, axes, etc. is dangerous. more dangerous.

Fortunately, probably because of the lack of iron ore in this area, the weapons used by this group of kobolds are all made of bronze. And with their bodies, only elite warriors or leaders can carry bronze armor.

But this does not mean that their combat effectiveness is low. For human pioneers, the traps set by the kobolds in the jungle, the javelins thrown and the poisoned arrows shot are all very deadly.

Although only relying on this level of armed kobolds can't take down armed settlements, they can deal a devastating blow to unsuspecting plantations.

"No wonder this area is considered a dangerous wilderness." After returning to the small town formed by the landing point, Lawrence looked at the records of which settlements were attacked and subconsciously sighed.

"No way, the kobolds not only have a strong sense of territory, but also refuse to negotiate. Therefore, the only option for us to gain a foothold in this area is to kill all the kobold lairs in the sub-area."

Sai Feier looked at another record and said. "In fact, our situation is very good now. Although the kobolds around believe in the dragon goddess. But the goddess often doesn't care about these kobolds who are dirty in his eyes."

After listening to Lawrence and Safir's discussion, Nora suddenly appeared from their side and said.

"So we now have an absolute advantage in the struggle in the extraordinary domain. At least after building everyone's temporary church, we can have an early warning of those attacks."

"It would be great if there was an early warning." Lawrence nodded. This kind of early warning is very important, especially when facing the occasional harassment of these monsters, it can prevent everyone from being too tired.

In fact, according to statistical data, the core reason why people give up pioneering is not that they cannot defeat those enemies, but that the enemy's harassment tactics make them unable to live and produce normally, and finally make the colony lose money for a long time and give up.

"But our plan may need to be changed, at least the initial plantation development plan must be delayed a little bit." Nora shrugged helplessly and said.

"Because for me now, the farther away I am from Nova Sauer Island, the more troublesome it is to project all kinds of power. It is already the limit to maintain the surroundings of various shrines and churches across the ocean. It is difficult to continue Extend your power to the sparsely populated plantations."

After all, things like shrines are not effective after they are made of stone or wood. They must also become the core of faith to some extent.

Therefore, in the case of a limited population, such facilities in a region are limited.

For example, the number and level of intelligent organisms in the series of settlements that Lawrence and the others built can only maintain the existence of one such facility and maintain the safety of the residence.

"Then what should we do here?" Safiel looked at Nora and asked curiously. "If you can't build plantations to attract people, how can this area attract more people?"

There is a very contradictory place here, because one problem can be seen from the facts just now, that is, if there are not enough people recruited, it will be difficult for those facilities related to the gods to control a larger area.

But from another point of view, the space that everyone can control due to the small alert range is too small, and it cannot support more people.

"We can do something else. After all, there are only a few settlements in our hands. Except for the tropical cash crop plantations that are common throughout the region, these places can actually carry out some other industries."

"Are you talking about fishery or aquaculture?" After thinking about the location of those lands for a while, Lawrence suddenly came up with a certain possibility. "I remember that we seem to have studied this aspect before."

"It's mainly aquaculture, because this sea area doesn't have many overly ferocious creatures due to the relatively shallow water. It's just suitable for breeding some aquatic creatures."

Nora nodded. "Of course, it's different from our fish farming. The shallow sea area here is more suitable for farming some edible algae or molluscs such as shells."

"In addition, because this area is close to the center of Yanzhou's west coastline, there is both fresh water and food. Therefore, it can be used as a very good supply point."

"But the problem is that big ships can't get close to this place at all." After hearing what Nora said, Lawrence raised a question of his own.

"If there is no good wharf, how can it be possible to attract foreign merchant ships or passenger ships and other ocean-going ships?"

"This is actually quite easy to solve, because those jackals discovered that there is a natural harbor more than 60 kilometers to the north." Nora said.

"It's just that that place is now occupied by a dragon-type monster, so I plan to talk to that monster after everyone has settled down."

In this world, there is a difference between intelligent races and non-intelligent races. But extraordinary power sometimes breaks the distinction.

This is especially true for dragon monsters. The blood of dragons often allows them to have an IQ no less than that of humans. That's why Nora said that she hoped that the extraordinary creature could leave the bay it occupied through peaceful means.