After more than a month of busy work, Lawrence and the others finally completed the reclamation work of the abandoned fields that had been opened up in the past. In the process, they discovered that the previous developments were not concentrated in one place.
farm.
Especially in the recent pioneering work, because a large number of extraordinary people successfully annihilated most of the goblins on this plain, the pioneers at that time simply chose to move around the entire plain.
With the flowering tactics, many farms were opened up in one go.
Although these farms were later abandoned as the threat from goblins gradually grew, and even became the location of goblin camps. However, after the war, Lawrence and the others quickly restored those farms.
After all, for those who open up fields in tropical rainforest areas, the most complicated task is to cut down the dense native vegetation on the land, and then spend several times the effort to dig out the roots of these vegetations beneath the land. And these
Even if there are plants on land that has been cultivated before, their root systems are not deep because they are new, so it is much easier to cultivate them.
The most important thing is that a series of water conservancy facilities such as pools and irrigation canals were built in these areas before. Even the group of people back then used a lot of stones to reinforce them because they had sufficient capital and manpower. So even for such a long time, there was no
With care, they can be easily cleaned out and restored to their original function.
So this is why in just one month, Lawrence was able to cultivate 1,500 hectares of land with about 3,000 laborers, hundreds of large livestock, and a very limited number of steam machinery. And in most of the land
Rice is grown on the land.
Of course, this kind of rice cultivation must be extensive. Fortunately, the area is large enough, and the seeds of these rice have been improved, and the yield per unit area is large enough. So the harvest of one season plus those farms and fisheries just now
After replenishment, it will be able to provide a year's rations for nearly 10,000 people on this land.
What surprised them even more was that although the food crops previously grown on this land failed to survive the loss of human management, some local cash crops had successfully taken root. For example, in the previously explored areas
During the process, they discovered several banana trees that had been planted before, which made up for the lack of food.
In addition, there are also many coconut trees growing well on the beaches in nearby areas. According to the information collected by Lawrence before, the leading products exported by this island before were coconut desiccants and ropes made from fibers from coconut shells.
After meeting the most important demand for food, many people were left free. And these people were quickly organized to build some important facilities.
One of the most important things is to build enough defense measures, because according to the information obtained from previous visits to neighbors. Although this generation does not have any large pirate gangs because it is too barren, there are always some two or three ships.
Small pirate fleets and even single ships occasionally wander around this area.
So after the busy farming days passed, Lawrence built a small fort on the beach corresponding to the peninsula at the entrance of this natural bay to block the entire bay.
This is a small coastal defense fortress that can accommodate up to 150 people. It is equipped with six 120mm coastal defense guns and six heavy mortars that were purchased previously. In addition, there are two secret passages under the fort.
Release mines in times of war.
Because many raw materials are currently difficult to purchase, the materials used in this very modern-looking fortress are indeed very classical. The low and thick outer walls are all made of mud, stone and logs, and there are also some decorative patterns on them.
Prepared blastholes for six heavy guns.
There are a large number of wooden piles with sharpened tops on the outside of the fortress as defense. In addition, a large trench five meters wide and three meters deep was dug around the wall against the wall. At the same time, a large number of trenches were set up at the bottom of the trench.
Wooden sticks were used as obstacles, and some explosives were placed at the bottom of the trenches during wartime.
Naturally, such a highly specialized building cannot be designed by an amateur like Lawrence. Fortunately, the Church of Knowledge has collected a large amount of knowledge in this area and has also received education in this area.
Although it is certainly impossible for these semi-amateurs to design complex large and medium-sized fortresses, it is not particularly difficult for them to design such a small fortress and guide its construction. Therefore, the construction process of the entire fortress
It can be considered very smooth.
"Considering that it is difficult for us to purchase industrial products such as steel bars and concrete, I chose a large number of locally available materials as substitutes." Peter Priest, who had been directing on site before, said, "For example, this kind of sandwich
If a thick wall of rammed gravel and soil is reinforced with coconut tree trunks, as long as the thickness reaches a certain level, it will naturally be no worse than those real reinforced concrete walls."
Having said this, the young priest Peter showed an embarrassed smile to his friend, and then scratched his head. "Of course, there are differences. For example, the lifespan of this kind of building is in this high-temperature and humid environment.
The place will not be more than ten years old. At the same time, they are easily peeled off layer by layer when faced with continuous bombardment by large-caliber heavy artillery, which is much worse than a reinforced concrete building cast in one piece - "
"This is good enough." Lawrence looked at the rudimentary fortress with satisfaction. "Anyway, this fortress is only a temporary fortress in the plan. I estimate that five or six years will be enough. As for facing the continuous attack of heavy artillery,
As for bombardment, I think our enemies are just pirates, and they shouldn't be able to prepare for a long-term bombardment like the regular navy."
"You are right." Peter nodded in agreement. "For many things, the most suitable one is the best. There is no need to blindly pursue the best."
"Yes." Lawrence also nodded. "Especially we need to build this fortress as quickly as possible, because according to the situation I asked before, in addition to pirates, there are also murlocs in this area. The most important thing is
What’s interesting is that pirates only visit certain islands randomly, but almost every island faces harassment by murlocs.”
"You can rest assured about this." Priest Peter said. "Because this area is far away from the land and generally relatively barren, it basically exists in the form of small tribes. I can guarantee that this fortress can block the
Those guys are the main force.”
What Peter said is not wrong, because those fish people cannot stay on the shore for too long due to physiological reasons, so if they want to attack the horn plain, they can basically choose the shortest route to attack from the bay. And in this way, they must
Pass through the channel in front of the fort.
Otherwise, whether it is to climb over the mountains on the steep peninsula, or to land on the beaches of further areas and then attack the flanks of human settlements through the jungle, it will be difficult for those who have webbed feet and are good at swimming but not good at land.
The walking fish people are very unfriendly.
Although some elite murlocs, especially some extraordinary ones among the murlocs, can complete such difficult actions, it is impossible for these rare extraordinary beings to pose a threat to settlements alone.
After the two acquaintances talked for a while, a guard member suddenly ran over from the direction of the city and brought two pieces of news to Lawrence.
One of them was a batch of capybaras sent by boat from a neighbor I visited before, which was just enough to be sent to the built breeding farm to be raised to solve the current problem of insufficient meat. The other was an outpost on the edge of the plain.
The station discovered a strange guest and is now delivering it to the port.