Lawrence himself is naturally not very satisfied with the current construction level of the entire settlement. After all, he comes from a place where he can build a hospital with complete facilities and reasonable structure in ten days. So from his perspective, all this is now
The facilities and rules can only be described as rudimentary. If there is a chance in the future, they must all be updated.
But Lawrence's subordinates did not think so. Especially those recruited from the local people highly praised everything Lawrence did because they knew it from the stories passed down orally from their fathers and ancestors.
The horrific mortality rate when outsiders colonize such a place.
So when they came here before, everyone was actually prepared to die. But they didn't expect that under the command of Lawrence, the mortality rate in this colony could be said to be very small compared to other areas.
Therefore, Lawrence gained the recognition of most people in just half a month. Because of this, the promotion of his next orders was much smoother than before.
After collectively clearing away the vegetation growing on the original fields and 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 current situation of tight money for most people, so
It is definitely inappropriate to divide the land like this.
After all, except for Lawrence's original friends, retainers and their families, the people of the Old World 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 even
It can be described as abject poverty.
So after consideration, Lawrence decided to establish a large agricultural company here. Like his previous factories, Lawrence, as the main investor, holds the majority of the shares, and the remaining shares will be distributed to all agricultural workers.
It's just that they can only pay dividends and cannot buy or sell these shares.
As in the previous factory, all workers expressed heartfelt support for Lawrence's distribution plan. After all, in other places in this world, you can only get wages and bonuses, and no boss is willing to share the company's profits with his employees.
dividend.
"I should be considered a people's rich man!" Looking at the company establishment contract that was covered with everyone's fingerprints, Lawrence thought intoxicatedly in Nora's eyes. "Although I don't have much money now, I still have a bright future.
It’s bright.”
As he was thinking about this, there was a sound of metal tapping outside. Looking for the sound, Lawrence saw two wooden platforms on the main road of the settlement. There were some people in robes knocking on them.
Those metal plates were hung on the tables. Then many of the workers who had finished their work entered these two simple rooms with wooden tables.
In fact, these two simple rooms are the churches 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 technical guidance group of the Agricultural Church who came to help proposed the construction of an agricultural church, Lawrence gave them sufficient support and help. After all, this colony was mainly based on agricultural production, so the agricultural church was naturally located here.
An indispensable facility for the colony.
The other church is the church of the God of Knowledge. Let’s not talk about 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 in this territory.
Religious places.
After learning that Lawrence had become an 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 the Sea of Stars. In addition, it also appointed Saint Gutenberg from Eagle Castle
The cathedral and St. Sklodowska Cathedral on the Sea of Stars recruited a total of 15 volunteers to bring their families to the island to build the church.
For example, Lawrence's friend Peter Priest in Eagle Castle persuaded his girlfriend's family to come to this island. He believed that a priest like him who had just become a transcendent would find it difficult to achieve anything if he stayed in a big city like Eagle Castle.
Progress, so after hearing that Lawrence had decided to open up a new territory on the island, he was the first to sign up and come to open up the land.
This should be a good thing for Lawrence, because the memory of his previous life told him that no matter what time and under what circumstances, it is a very, very bad thing for one family to dominate. Therefore, after the Agricultural Church sets up camp in this territory, the Knowledge Church can be formed here.
A balance is also a very good thing.
Of course, in this world where gods truly exist, what the church does cannot be just praying and copying scriptures. For example, the clergy of the Knowledge Church now have to be responsible for opening doors at night in addition to the necessary daily prayers.
Temporary night schools help those who are willing to learn to learn literacy. During the day, some elderly people are organized to help take care of their children while the adults are working, and they also help promote Lawrence's policies to the residents.
The work of the agricultural church clergy is even more tiring. Except for those who take turns to assist in the temporary church every day, most of them have to go deep into the fields to directly guide production. And when they come back at night, they have no time to spare, and they still need to sort out a lot of things during the day.
Records recorded while working.
That is to say, relying on this approach, those Orthodox churches have huge prestige among the people. Therefore, after these churches settled in this territory, the uneasiness that the people in the territory had before coming to a new place suddenly disappeared.
Most of it.
You must know that not every island in the Star Sea has an Orthodox Church. And in this dangerous world, the Orthodox Church often has the ability and role to protect one party. Just like there used to be only a small church on New Saul Island.
The altar of Shanda Keer, the god of travel and exploration, only allows the priests who travel in this area to stay in this area for a short period of time in one or two months every year.
Therefore, although these two small churches can be regarded as extremely simple in Lawrence's eyes, they have already made those people who came from the small town on the other side of the island extremely satisfied.
"It's time to eat. Everyone is lining up to receive the tableware." Ten minutes later, the short prayer ended. A middle-aged woman shouted loudly at the door of the restaurant and knocked on another metal plate at the same time. When the meal was served,
After the signal, everyone started to gather at the restaurant with tableware.
In the restaurant, a long table made of mud and wooden boards separates the kitchen and dining room. Standing on the restaurant side, you can see several large iron pots in the kitchen lined up on the stove, with bacon and vegetables stewed in them.
Stewed and diced salted fish and cassava porridge. There are several iron racks placed on the stove on the side, on which the fresh prey and fish caught today are roasted.
The citizens who had returned from work were lined up neatly at the long table with their own iron plates. Then they walked past the long table one by one carrying the plates and showed the iron plates that they had made today.
The fat women who were chefs gave them choices according to the numbers quoted by the people who checked the work score boards, and finally spooned the dishes they selected onto their plates.
After finishing the dishes, they would receive at the other end of the long table the seafood they picked up on the beach one night, soup made from edible seaweed, or a cup of sugar and salt water, and then a large bowl of rice or cassava bread.
.In addition, because there are a lot of tropical fruits around, everyone can get a piece of fruit.
For example, today we found a banana forest with ripe bananas, so the fruit distributed was two yellow bananas per person.
At least according to Lawrence's surveys these days, the vast majority of people are very satisfied with the food provided by the canteen. On the other hand, this also greatly improves everyone's labor efficiency.