For economic development, adapting measures to local conditions is a very important thing. To give the simplest example, if you want to raise fish, it is best to go to the waterside.
Of course, it is not impossible to dig pits in the mountains to raise fish if there are fishermen, but in that case, from the cost and various perspectives, it will be half the result with twice the effort.
Now, it is a stupid approach to develop industry in the territory of the Viscount of Surrey. Considering the local population, it is basically not suitable for the development of any industry. At most, it can only do some simple handicrafts.
And unlike Lawrence's natural environment, the development potential of islands in this cold zone is actually worse.
Although pristine tropical rainforest islands like that are often called the Green Hell, development is far more difficult and dangerous than those islands located in the northern polar circle.
But once developed, the carrying capacity for people will be far better than these cold islands where even large trees cannot grow.
"If it's convenient, I'd like to visit your territory." After listening to the introduction, Lawrence thought for a while and said.
"You know, there are some things that you can only make a correct judgment by seeing them on site. Just listening to what you say here may lead to some unexpected mistakes."
After speaking, Lawrence looked at the Viscount and his wife opposite him seriously and was ready to explain. After all, this sentence was easy to cause ambiguity, so he was a little worried that they might misunderstand the reason why he said this.
"I understand what you mean." Obviously, these two are not those nobles who have always been aloof. They are also beings with rich social experience. Therefore, they understand what Lawrence wants to express.
"If you just listen to my description here, it will be really difficult to formulate a suitable plan."
"Yes, on-site investigation is indispensable." Isabella also said on the other side.
"Not to mention that my husband is not a professional, so this kind of narrative may not be very accurate. Even if there is a comprehensive investigation report, it is necessary to go to the corresponding scene and take a careful look."
After saying that, Isabella turned her head and looked at Lawrence and said a little embarrassedly. "But as a person with your own territory, I think you must be very busy and don't have much time -"
"I'm usually very busy, but these days are an exception." Lawrence waved his hand and said. "There are some things going on on my island recently, so I can't go back for the time being. So it's okay to go to your place and have a look."
Time, I just don’t know if you are welcome——”
"Of course, of course you are welcome." Viscount Surrey deliberately opened his arms and said with a smile, then turned into a solemn expression and looked at Lawrence.
"It's much more boring over there than here. Maybe the only fun is going out to sea to fish. If you want to hunt, there are basically only a handful of mice that can be used as shooting targets."
"But in my opinion, it's not any worse than here, it's even more interesting." Lawrence shrugged and said, his words were not a polite courtesy, but a thought from the bottom of his heart.
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The reason why Lawrence chose Sword Cove as his travel destination is also very simple, because the introductions in the travel brochures he saw stated that this place is a good travel destination for young couples or couples with a certain status.
But after arriving here, Lawrence discovered that the various entertainment methods in this world and this era were completely different from those in his previous life.
For example, this is the case in the city of Sword Coast. The city is filled with dance halls and banquet halls of various grades, as well as some interesting salons. It is indeed a good place for people of this era to socialize and relax.
But neither Lawrence nor Saphire are interested in such occasions. In their view, except for necessary communication, all such interactions are very boring things.
Therefore, when they were on New Saul Island, except for some social interactions required by the nobles, they basically did not take the initiative to do any social work.
This also led to their lack of interest after understanding the specific conditions of the area. Although there are some hunting activities here, for Lawrence and Saphire, riding horses and driving hounds to chase rabbits is really not the best experience in the dense forest.
It's fun to kill those damn goblins.
So in this case, Lawrence and the others were naturally willing to take a look at the distant Northern Islands. At least compared to the boring urban scenery here, Lawrence felt that the harsh but more wild Northern Islands were obviously more interesting.
However, it is not an easy matter to go to that place, especially when the Viscountess Isabella is still pregnant with her child. Going to the north is not an easy matter.
At the beginning, Lawrence also suggested that Isabella and his wife should rest here. However, the Viscount of Surrey naturally declined Lawrence's suggestion.
After all, as a guest, Lawrence was willing to travel all the way to the north to help them. It was naturally inappropriate for island lords like them to stay here in Sword Bay.
Of course, there is another reason why the Viscount and his wife of Surrey want to go back, that is, they are still frightened after being ambushed in this place before. They hope to return to the safety of their own territory quickly so that they can feel relieved.
This is why even though Isabella is a pregnant woman, she is still willing to leave after a long journey, because compared to various material conditions, the sense of security in her heart is obviously more important to him.
So after enjoying a lunch, they said goodbye to each other and agreed to decide when to set off in the afternoon and find a way to notify each other.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lawrence and the others received an invitation letter from the Viscount of Surrey.
Perhaps because he wanted to find a future development direction for his island as quickly as possible, he decided to take the earliest speedboat, the North Wind, to his territory tomorrow afternoon.
"His Excellency the Viscount seems to be a little too excited." After receiving the invitation letter and the two first-class tickets for the North Wind that were included in the invitation letter, Saifei raised his eyebrows and said.
"At least I think under normal circumstances, it would be better to wait a day or two for such an invitation."
"If you want to stay here for two days, I can accompany you." After listening to Saifei's words, Lawrence smiled and shook the envelope in his hand.
"After all, it is the Viscount who asks us for something, not us who asks him. So if we just say that we have something to ask for, I think we can postpone the time for a few days."
"No, no, no, he is Isabella's husband. It's not appropriate for us to waste time like this." After hearing what Lawrence said, Saphire waved his hand and said.
"And this place is really boring. I don't want to stay in this city for too long. So it would be a good thing to leave a day early."
Early the next morning, Lawrence and the others rode a carriage to the dock with the Viscount Surrey family. Then they climbed aboard a steam sailboat painted with snow-white paint and inlaid with gold metal decorative ribbons.
As one of the top ocean-going sailing ships of the Federal Shipping Company, this steam sailing ship called the North Wind has a displacement of up to 3,700 tons. The internal skeleton structure is made of magically strengthened steel, and the ship's mast is also made of traditional steel.
Wood was changed to steel.
"This is the first civilian ship in the Federation to adopt a steel frame and steel mast structure." After putting away the luggage, Viscount Surrey said to Lawrence who walked on the deck.
"This boat can run up to 15 knots, but if it weren't for the iron armor embedded in it, then this boat might be able to run up to 17 knots."
"Iron armor?" Lawrence asked curiously. "Why would a civilian ship have such a thing?"