A week later in Pula Port, Lawrence and Nora appeared in the port warehouse area of this port city at the same time. As a port that was only recaptured after the Liberation War decades ago, this port quickly relied on its excellent geographical location and
The hydrological and geographical conditions of the port area have made it the largest and most prosperous port in the empire.
At the same time, because there happens to be a river flowing through the urban area of this port, and taking a ship with a maximum displacement of 3,500 tons from the pier beside the river, you can go all the way upstream to the capital Vindobona unimpeded.
Therefore, this port naturally became the most prosperous place in the entire empire after the capital. Not only can you buy a large number of products from the empire, but you can also buy goods from all over the world. There are countless merchants and nobles.
and ordinary people are chasing their wealth and dreams here.
Ever since Lawrence knew that he had obtained an island, he packed his luggage and came here with Nora. Because after reading the information about the territory he belonged to, he found that if he followed his plan, he would need more
Prepare something to take with you.
The information that Lawrence had checked previously showed that the island covers an area of more than 60,000 square kilometers and has very good water, heat and vegetation conditions. These information are all true. The empire has indeed colonized it for more than 100 years. But the problem is
More than 100 years of development have not allowed the empire to gain any benefits from this island, and it has even lost a lot of money.
At the beginning, this was the territory directly under the empire, but after losing money for 30 years, the empire finally couldn't bear it anymore. So it tried to grant this land to the nobles. But whether it was to grant the entire land to the nobles,
The nobility is still divided into several pieces and canonized to small nobles. Those nobles cannot hold it for too long.
According to the information collected by Lawrence, the nobles who were canonized here did not last ten years on average, and then they tried their best to find the emperor to change the title. So that today, the entire land has been canonized to Lawrence.
"So, I can call you the Great Scavenger Earl." Nora's first reaction after reading the details of this island was to complain about Lawrence. Because this island really has no characteristics except for its size and good water and heat conditions.
, it is difficult to develop. "Obviously, your emperor threw this island to you as garbage."
"What you said makes sense." Lawrence shrugged helplessly, because he felt that the reason why the emperor could give him such a big brother and at the same time grant him nearly independent rights was purely to hope that he would no longer be like the previous group.
The nobles went back to cause trouble after a few years, insisting on changing their territory.
Otherwise, there was no need for the emperor to grant this land, which was equivalent to the area of the dukedom, to Earl Lawrence, even to silence the nobles and build his own image.
After several days of analysis, Lawrence found that this island is really difficult to develop. Because there are no mineral deposits on the island, there are no special extraordinary creatures, and there are no very expensive wood or special spices that can be sold, so naturally
It's impossible to attract people who want to get rich overnight.
On the other hand, although this island is located in the Sea of Stars, which is surrounded by countries, it is still far away from the mainland and shipping routes, so it is impossible to develop as a trade hub like the New Hansa Islands that Lawrence went to before.
What's worse is that it's very difficult to farm safely here. Because the entire island has a large number of goblins for some reason, forcing the people on the island to farm on the beach and in some easy places.
Land is reclaimed in places that are difficult to defend. Therefore, there is not much area available for people to plant.
This is also the reason why the nobles gave up before. Although everyone can easily kill the goblins on the flat lands by the sea, once you go deep into the island, you will find that the goblins use the dense jungles and natural and artificial caves on the island to build their own in the middle of the island.
Mountainous and hilly areas create a terrain that is very suitable for their fighting style, and it is difficult for humans to fight goblins on such poor terrain.
"Don't forget the Americans in the 1960s and 1970s." Nora said, "I believe that the grass on this island will make goblin noises. It will be impossible to clean them up, but if you don't clean them up,
Otherwise, the island will not be able to develop."
"You're right, and that's why we came to this place to purchase." Lawrence said while looking at the workers who were busy moving things from the warehouse to the ship, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear.
Said, "By the way, mix the things shipped from our place into this batch of goods and ship them over."
The reason why Lawrence came to this seaport for purchasing was to purchase a large amount of building materials and tools to transport to the island, and then to reclaim a piece of land as quickly as possible, clear out the goblins on that piece of land, and build a fortress to defend the place. Finally,
Then use this safe place to recruit people. After this land stabilizes, you can follow the same method to expand your sphere of influence to the next place.
According to the information he inquired about, all the people who wanted to occupy the island before were greedy for perfection and tried to clear out all the goblins on the island in order to occupy the island at one fell swoop. The results were all disastrous. So this time Lawrence simply chose to take it step by step.
Anyway, for him, if the Bai Ze bloodline can be continuously awakened, it will give him a long life. So he has some time to spend slowly with the annoying group of goblins on the island. In addition, his father has already taken the
Most of the family's properties in the Old World have been disconnected from other branches of the family. Now the core members of the entire family are just the two of them. So they are not as eager to cash in as the previous group of people who owned the islands.
Also after delivering a large number of tools to the Jackals in the astral plane and formulating a development plan, the productivity of the entire plane has been greatly improved. It can provide a lot of cheap building materials for this plan of fortification and cannibalization.
Therefore, Lawrence is quite confident in the expansion of the island this time. Not to mention that his relatives and friends have given him great help. For example, his father is currently organizing people and followers in Sauer County to prepare for the entire move to the island.
After he went up there and sent a telegram to the Federation, a lot of friends were willing to go to the island to help him.
Among them, Fatina made it clear that she and Sephiel would rent a boat at their own expense and move directly to the island with her rat clan. If there were no accidents, they would arrive earlier than Lawrence and start working.
Considering that his approach was indeed a bit unkind, the emperor also asked the bank under the royal family to issue an interest-free loan to Lawrence equivalent to 10 million yuan from the White Eagle Federation, and allowed him to pay it back slowly over ten years. In addition,
In addition, the emperor also gave Lawrence a gunboat with a steel keel and wooden sails, which was more than 600 tons and equipped with six 150mm cannons and two 120mm cannons. It took only half a year to build, as a gift from the royal family to Lawrence.
When Lawrence came to this port, in addition to using the loan to make purchases, his other job was to recruit manpower to sail away the warship. At the same time, he and a group of subjects and retainers who followed him from the fiefdom arrived at the island with him.
Fortunately, these things are not difficult to do, especially among the followers and family members, there are several retired officers who have been sailors, joined the navy, and even served as first mate on a small warship. With these reliable personnel,
With only a skeleton crew, Lawrence easily gathered the manpower needed to operate the ship.
In the past few days, the ship has been training offshore, preparing to wait for this batch of merchant ships carrying goods to set off and sail directly to the island as an escort warship. And now the batch of goods that Lawrence and the others are looking at happen to be transported to the ship.
The last batch of goods. If there are no accidents, they will leave tomorrow.